TRW-04-002 Trans; Water Amelia Wheaton “Amelie Wheaton” at the Coeur d’Alene dock. Many people are on the boat. “Amelia Whaton” designed and built by Capt. C. P. Sornesen in 1880 for use by the Army in transporting wild hay cut on the meadows of the Coeur d’Alene river to the fort as forage for the Army cavalry horses. Capt. Sornesen was retained by the Army as skipper of the steamboat. While so employed he charted the lake and gave most of its bays, points and other land marks the names they still have. The “Amelia Wheaton” was named for a daughter of Gen. Wheaton, who was one of the Army post’s first commanders. circa 1885