Messenger (sternwheeler)
Encyclopedia
Career
Messenger was built in 1876 at Tumwater, WashingtonTumwater, Washington
Tumwater is a city in Thurston County, Washington, United States. It lies near where the Deschutes River enters Budd Inlet, the southernmost point of Puget Sound. The population was 17,371 at the 2010 census...
. The vessel had separate cabins for men and women, and worked in the south Puget Sound
Puget Sound
Puget Sound is a sound in the U.S. state of Washington. It is a complex estuarine system of interconnected marine waterways and basins, with one major and one minor connection to the Strait of Juan de Fuca and the Pacific Ocean — Admiralty Inlet being the major connection and...
area, sometimes in competition with Zephyr
Zephyr (steamboat)
-Career:Zephyr was built in 1871 for the famous steamboat captain Tom Wright. In 1872, the Merchants Transportation Company of Olympia was formed, with Zephyr becoming the company's first steamboat...
. Messenger was destroyed by fire in 1907 while docked at Tacoma.