page_title: Portland (sidewheeler 1853)
section_title: People's Line
hierarchical_section_title: Portland (sidewheeler 1853) / Operations / People's Line
caption_attribution_description: English: Advertisement for steamers of the Citizen's Line, Portland and Enterprise, published March 1, 1856 in the Oregon Argus.
context_page_description: Portland was a side wheel steamer built at Portland, Oregon in the summer of 1853. This vessel was chiefly remembered for its dramatic destruction in 1857 by being washed over Willamette Falls, an incident which killed its captain and a deckhand. The death of the captain, Arthur Jamieson, was one of at least four brothers, all steamboat officers, who were killed in three separate steamboating accidents occurring between 1857 and 1861 in Oregon and in British Columbia.
context_section_description: For a brief period starting in 1853 Portland, under captain A.S. Murray, and Multnomah, under Capt George W. Hoyt, were combined together as the People’s Line.  This was the first merger of steamboat interests on the river.  As of November 12, 1853 Portland would leave Oregon City daily at 9:00 a.m. for Portland, and leave Portland at 2:00 p.m. on the return trip to Oregon City.  Multnomah left Portland at 9:00 a.m. for Oregon City, and departed Oregon City in the afternoon, at 3:00 p.m. to return to Portland.
  As of April 21, 1855, under Capt. A.S. Murray, Portland was running on a daily route between Oregon City and Portland, departing Oregon City at 8:00 a.m., and leaving Portland at 2:00 p.m.
caption: Advertisement for steamers of the Citizen’s Line, Portland and Enterprise, published March 1, 1856.
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