Capt. Joseph Schaum, 90, of Sardis, Ohio, died December 14, 2022, at the West Virginia University Medicine Wetzel County Hospital in New Martinsville, W.Va. He had a 50-year license from… Read More
Admiral
Capt. Donald H. Summers, 95, of St. Louis, Mo., a former captain for the excursion steamers Admiral and President, died December 26. Summers served in the U.S. Navy during World… Read More
I always learn something from the Old Boat Column—and also have the fun of my memory being kicked a little down the river. Keith Norrington’s article on Twilight on The Levee… Read More
During this final week of 2020, the Old Boat Column takes a fond look back 50 years to the summer of 1970, when the St. Louis levee was still a… Read More
Curran Streckfus, 77, alternate master of the steamer Admiral in the early 1970s and master of the mv. President in the late ’70s in New Orleans, died October 23. Capt. Read More
This week, the Old Boat Column steps back five decades to August 1970. Prominently in the foreground of this aerial view of St. Louis is the sternwheel dredge Sainte Genevieve,… Read More
Few names are as closely connected to the St. Louis riverfront as that of the retiring director of operations for Gateway Arch Riverboats, J. Thomas “Tom” Dunn. The 45-year veteran… Read More
