George A. Johnson & Company

George A. Johnson & Company
IndustryMaritime transport
Founded1852 (1852)
Founders
Defunct1869 (1869)
FateReorganized
SuccessorColorado Steam Navigation Company
Area served
Colorado River

George A. Johnson & Company was a partnership between three men who pioneered navigation on the Colorado River. Benjamin M. Hartshorne, George Alonzo Johnson and Alfred H. Wilcox. The George A. Johnson & Company was formed in the fall of 1852, and was reorganized as the Colorado Steam Navigation Company in 1869.

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