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THE MONTANA EAGLE
On occasion we have had inquiries about our masthead eagle so in this blog we will tell the story of this amazing artifact.
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It is called the MONTANA eagle as it was the sternboard from the Pacific Mail steamship MONTANA. The MONTANA was a large sidewheel steamship launched in 1865 by Webb & Bell at Greenpoint NY. She sailed around the horn to San Francisco and commenced her service running between San Francisco to Panama, bringing passengers and cargo heading to the Golden State or returning home to the east coast.
Lithograph of the MONTANA by Endicott & Co. Lith.
The MONTANA in Hunters Point Drydock showing the stern eagle.
The MONTANA ran the San Francisco - Panama route till 1877. She was conveyed by Wm. P. Clyde to Enoch Robinson of Taunton Massachusetts and broken up. It was probable the eagle was saved at that time. The sternboard was acquired by Nathan Ancel, founder of the Ethan Allen Furniture Company and mounted in their Corporate headquarters in Danbury CT. Was acquired by us in 1995.