A black and white photograph of a steamboat identified as the "Selkirk" on the Columbia River above Wenatchee. The Selkirk was built in Wenatchee in 1899 and was owned by the Columbia & Okanogan Steamboat Co. She was wrecked at Rock Island Rapids in 1906. This is one of the many that went from Rock Island to Wenatchee. The Steamboat "City of Ellensburgh" made two round trips weekly from Rock Island with stops all the way up to Chelan Falls.

You could get a bite to eat onboard or catch some sleep in a bunk (for and extra fee) A passenger could go from Chelan Falls to Rock Island for $4.75. For $4.00 more you could take the stage to Ellensburg. The trip to Chelan Falls was nine hours long. But the trip back to Rock Island was a mere 3 hours.