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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<br />
Note- The upper structure is not completed
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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
Note- The upper structure is not completed

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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  • SS Klondike Flathead Lake, Montana
  • Stoner's Dock Lakeside
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