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Cotter Tugboat first built in Somers by John O'Brien 1901<br />
Somers Lumber Company, Flathead Lake, Montana<br />
Named after John O'Brian's son later named the Kootenai
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Cotter Tugboat first built in Somers by John O'Brien 1901
Somers Lumber Company, Flathead Lake, Montana
Named after John O'Brian's son later named the Kootenai

Cotter Tugboat first built in Somers by John O'Brien 1901Somers Lumber CompanyFlathead LakeMontanaNamed after John O'Brian's son later named the Kootenai

  • Orginally the "Wasco" burned ca 1909, re-built ca 1910 Re-named the "Montana" & launched in Rollins, Montana.<br />
Train White Photo
  • Wesley E Wells, Somers Lumber Tug Boat, About or before 1925<br />
Train White Photo
  • Tugboats at Somers, Montana ca 1925<br />
A Gutherie Captain Angus Mac Donald, <br />
Kootenai Captain is Geo Fletcher, <br />
Willis Captain is Bill Schuts (Descutts)<br />
The Kootenai was formerly the Cotter named for a son of John O'Brien Lumber Co. in 1901 and the first boat built in Somers, Montana<br />
Train White Photo
  • Paul Bunyan near Table Bay about 1948 looking NF
  • Cotter Tugboat first built in Somers by John O'Brien 1901<br />
Somers Lumber Company, Flathead Lake, Montana<br />
Named after John O'Brian's son later named the Kootenai<br />
Note- The upper structure is not completed
  • Cotter Tugboat first built in Somers by John O'Brien 1901<br />
Somers Lumber Company, Flathead Lake, Montana<br />
Named after John O'Brian's son later named the Kootenai
  • Howard James Tugboat built in 1901, rebuilt in 1913<br />
Somers Lumber Company, Flathead Lake, Montana
  • Howard James built in 1901, machinery was from the Kootenai after it burned.<br />
Cost $5250.00 rebuilt 1913 at the cost of $3460.00<br />
Discontinued in 1926, Somers Lumber Co.
  • Paul Bunyan, Somers Lumber Co Tugboat 1928 <br />
Photo by Thebo Marco
  • New Steamer Klondyke at Anchor, Flathead Lake, Montana
  • Somers Lumber Company Sawmill 1927
  • Tom Carter Boat
  • Untitled photo
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  • Stoner's Dock Lakeside
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