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Wilson G. Hunt (sidewheeler)
''Wilson G. Hunt'' was a steamboat that ran in the early days of steam navigation on Puget Sound and Sacramento, Fraser, and Columbia Rivers. She was generally known as the ''Hunt'' during her years of operation. She had a long career on the west coast of the United States and Canada, and played an important transportation role in the California Gold Rush; it also transported the Governor and the state legislature as the state capital of California moved from Benicia to Sacramento in 1854.〔"Arrival of the State Officers, State Archives, and Members of the State Legislature." ''Sacramento Union''. 1854-03-01.〕
==Namesake - Wilson G. Hunt==
The ship was named after a wealthy New York businessman who was a prominent merchant and philanthropist founding the firm of Wilson G. Hunt & Co. in 1833. Among other endeavors, Hunt was connected with Peter Cooper and involved himself in many of Cooper's institutions including Cooper Union and Cooper-Hewitt. He served as Treasurer on The Cooper Union Board of Trustees from the founding in 1859 to 1890. 〔(Cooper Union Annual Report )〕 〔http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=F20C15FB385C17738DDDA10894DA415B8285F0D3〕 He served as president of the Illinois Central Railroad from 1874 to 1875. Hunt was born in 1804 as simply Wilson Hunt but attached the middle initial 'G' to distinguish himself. He died in 1892 at age 88.〔(Death of Wilson G. Hunt; Once One of the Foremost of New-York Merchants ). New York Times, December 8, 1892〕〔(The Rich men of the world, and how they gained their wealth: Wilson G. Hunt )〕
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