Mexican-Colorado Navigation Company was a steam navigation company formed in

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, that operated on the

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from 1901 to 1907. It was owned by Alphonso B. Smith, W. S. Twogood, and E. E. Busby. It ran the steamboats, Retta (1900-1905), St. Vallier (1901-1907), and San Jorge (1901), from

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.Richard E. Lingenfelter, Steamboats on the Colorado River, 1852-1916, University of Arizona Press, Tucson, 1978

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