Harkins Transportation Company

Harkins Transportation Company was founded in 1914 by L.P.(Lovelace Perne) Hosford, Henry L. Pittock, and A.J. Lewthwaite. The line was named after the tugboat Jessie Harkins, which had been built by Jacob Kamm and named after Hosford's niece. The line ran steamboats on the lower Columbia from 1914 to 1937, when it was forced into bankruptcy. Steamboats owned by the company included Georgiana, Lurline, Undine, and Madeline (ex Joseph Kellogg). In 1931, the company built the diesel propeller tug L.P. Hosford, using upper works salvaged from the Lurline.^[1]^[2]

References

^ Affleck, Edward L., A Century of Paddlewheelers in the Pacific Northwest, the Yukon, and Alaska, at page 42, Alexander Nicholls Press, Vancouver, BC (2000) ISBN 0-920034-08-X
^ Newell, Gordon, and Williamson, Joe, Pacific Steamboats, at page 40, Superior Publishing, Seattle, WA (1958)

Steamboats of Oregon and the Columbia River basin

v t e Routes
Inland	Columbia River (lower) Willamette River Cowlitz River Columbia River (Wenatchee Reach) Lake Chelan Lake Okanagan Arrow Lakes Upper Columbia and Kootenay Rivers
Coastal	Oregon Coast Coquille River Coos Bay Yaquina Bay and river

v t e Inland and coastal vessels
Inland vessels	Alaskan Alice Altona Astorian (1891) Athlon B. H. Smith Jr. Bailey Gatzert Beaver (1835) Beaver (1873) Bonita (1900) Carrie Ladd Charles R. Spencer Chester Clara Parker Colonel Wright Columbia (1850) Cowlitz (1858) Cowlitz (1917) Dayton Eliza Anderson Elwood Emma Hayward Etna Fleetwood Gazelle Geo. E. Starr Georgiana Governor Grover Gov. Newell Grahamona Hassalo (1880) Harvest Queen Hooligan Idaho Ilwaco Imnaha John H. Couch Joseph Kellogg Klamath Jean Jennie Clark Jessie Harkins Juneta La Center Logger Lot Whitcomb Lucea Mason Lurline Madeline Manzanillo Mascot Mazama Metlako Mountain Gem Multnomah (1851) Nahcotta Nespelem Nestor Nez Perce Chief No Wonder North Pacific North Star Northwest Ocean Wave Olympian (sidewheeler) Olympian (sternwheeler) Oneonta Orient Otter Pearl Portland (1875) Portland (1947) Quickstep R.R. Thompson Rabboni Regulator Relief (1906) Robert Young Sarah Dixon Shoo Fly Swan Teaser Telegraph Tenino T. J. Potter Telephone Undine Virginia V Wallamet Wenat Wide West Willamette Chief Wilson G. Hunt Winema
Coastal vessels	Bayocean Gazelle General Miles Life-Line Montesano Sue H. Elmore T.M. Richardson Washington W.H. Harrison
Vessel lists	Steamboats on the Columbia
Modern ferries	Wahkiakum County Ferry Needles-Fauquier Ferry (Arrow Lakes)

v t e Companies, shipyards, personnel, and navigation
Portages, locks, and canals	Cascade Locks and Canal Celilo Canal Willamette Locks
Steamboat lines	Callendar Navigation Co. Harkins Transportation Co. Ilwaco Railway and Navigation Co. Okanogan Steamboat Co. Oregon Railway and Navigation Co. Oregon Steam Navigation Co. People's Transportation Co. Shaver Transportation Co.
Steamboat owners and captains	John C. Ainsworth John Bonser John H. Couch Joseph Kellogg George W. Shaver James W. Troup Henry Villard
Builders and shipyards	Jacob Kamm John J. Holland
Shipwrecks	Shipwrecks of the inland Columbia River Steamboat Inspection Service

Steamboats in other areas

Articles by area

Washington	Lake Washington Columbia River Cowlitz River Grays Harbor Willapa Bay Columbia River (Wenatchee Reach) Lake Crescent
British Columbia	Upper Fraser River Lakes Route Arrow Lakes Okanagan Lake Upper Columbia and Kootenay Rivers Skeena River Stikine River Peace River
Alaska and Yukon	Yukon River
Other	Mackenzie River