While looking around the town, came upon this historical museum, the W.T.Preston. This vessel is what is called a steam powered "snag boat". There were about 5-6 of these vessels made in the mid 19th century but this is the only one left. They were assigned the task of clearing the waterways around the northwest as the logging industry had virtually jammed all of the rivers with logging debris making navigation (even by small boats) impossible.
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