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I am commenting out the last sentence in the article. Timmen says the engines from the Colonel Wright went to the Mary Moody but Affleck says Mary Moody got her engines from Express. Lewis and Dryden state that the Wright's engines went to one of Joseph Kellogg's boats, but this would not include Mary Moody, which was owned by a subsidiary of the Oregon Steam Navigation Company. Since there appears to be a three way split in the authorities, best to avoid topic completely, that issue will have to remain a WikiMystery.Mtsmallwood (talk) 03:31, 27 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I am commenting on the portion that says the Col. Wright traveled from Celilo, Oregon to Wallula. Celilo, Oregon is linked to Celilo Village. The problem is that there were once two Celilos on the river. Celilo, Oregon, the Native American village is located near the Celilo Falls (now under water) and the information about the village is correct. The steamboat Colonel Wright did not port there, however. It ported a little up river at Celilo, which was also called Lower Landing and was not related to the Indian Village (except by name, which is French and not Native American). Celilo (Lower Landing) was located between the mouth of the Deschutes River (or Dischutesville)and the Celilo Inidan Village, where the river changes direction from moving NW to SW, just past Miller's Island.--66.228.18.53 (talk) 03:16, 2 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
