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''Rival'' was a sternwheel steamboat that ran on the Willamette River between Oregon City and Portland, Oregon from 1860 to 1868.〔 ''Rival'' was intended to be a boat which would promise low fares in an effort to beat a steamboat monopoly which was then in formation. == Construction and initial ownership == ''Rival'' was built at Oregon City, Oregon by William and John Dement, two brothers who were merchants in Oregon City, and Capt. George A. Pease, who became her first captain. There had been a tendency towards steamboat monopolies on the Oregon Rivers in the later 1850s, and the Dement brothers intended ''Rival'' as her name suggested, was built to challenge the powerful People's Navigation Company which dominated Willamette River traffic.〔 When launched, ''Rival'' was first put on the run from Oregon City to Portland, Oregon.〔 Her announced fares were $2 per ton for freight and 50 cents per head for passengers between terminal points. They were also willing to negotiate long-term contracts.〔〔
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