First Mate and Captain of theForty-Nine, Albert Pingston

ID: 4923 ~ Source: Image Courtesy of Lewis & Dryden's Marine History of the Pacific Northwest.
This file appears in: The Steamboat Forty-Nine: Gold Mining on the Upper Columbia

Albert Pingston was an immigrant from England who homesteaded near Marcus, Washington. Pingston served as First Mate on the Forty-Nine until Captain Leonard White stepped down. Pingston then took over as captain in the final years of the ships opperation. He was at the helm when the ship ran aground.

This file appears in: The Steamboat Forty-Nine: Gold Mining on the Upper Columbia