Steamboats played a crucial role in the growth of Cape Girardeau in the 19th Century, but traveling by steamboat was a risky proposition indeed. Boiler explosions, collisions, fires, sandbars and ...

Tall Stacks is fondly remembered by many in Cincinnati. The clock turned back to the 1800s and the riverfront was once against bustling with steamboats and the shrill whistle of the calliope. The ...

Before the railroad began to wind its way through the quaint villages of the North Shore, the major source of transportation was the sidewheel steamboat in the early 1800s. Steamboat service ignited ...

Editor's note: Each week, TCPalm will feature a historically significant event, place or person from Indian River, St. Lucie or Martin county, courtesy of that county's historical society. A popular ...

OBERT, Neb. -- In an area where horse-drawn covered wagons grace highway signs, one more glimpse into days past could be seen peeking out from the cloudy brown waters of the Missouri River on Saturday ...

The Mississippi River has long been a character all its own in the South, brought to life by the words of Southern writers and musicians, as well as through those who have traveled it. The river runs ...

No words could wake up a sleepy river town faster than "Steamboat's a comin'!" Arrival of a river vessel meant more than fresh supplies. It meant news from the outside world. Between 1800 and into the ...

HUNTINGTON — The largest river steamboat ever built docked in Huntington on Thursday morning. The American Queen, which is designed like an 1800s steamboat with modern amenities, spent the day docked ...

From the founding of Quincy in 1822 by John Wood, the town grew tremendously. By the 1840 census 2,300 people had braved the trip from the east to settle the Mississippi town on the edge of ...