Captain David Smith, the voice behind Waterways Journal’s “Old Boat” column, joins Frank McCormack to talk about growing up on the river, mentors in the wheelhouse, historic boat preservation, and… Read More
Delta Queen
By John R. Miller After reading the Old Boat Column about the W.C. Shepard (later known as the John Paul) in the November 17 issue of The Waterways Journal, I wanted to add that pool… Read More
The National Rivers Hall of Fame, located at the National Mississippi River Museum & Aquarium in Dubuque, Iowa, has announced a pair of inductees for the hall of fame class… Read More
The Great Steamboat Race has been an annual event at Louisville, Ky., for most of the past 62 years, and is usually held the Wednesday before the running of… Read More
Royce Wilken Royce C. Wilken Royce C. Wilken, who spent 38 years at Archer Daniels Midland, served as the president of American River Transportation Company, and chaired both the American… Read More
During a tour of the Delta Queen when she was 8 years old, Allison Baley knew she wanted to become a steerswoman. Capt. Allison Baley “We managed to… Read More
In the last column, we looked at the first of three towboats named Kay D. St. Louis Ship built the first in 1940 for the Marine Transportation Company (MTC) of… Read More
While still in office, former President Jimmy Carter, who died December 29 at the age of 100, vacationed on the historic steamboat Delta Queen for a week beginning… Read More
A $10,000, grant-funded refurbishment of the Inland Waterways Museum’s 9-foot model of the Delta Queen means visitors can once again see the paddlewheel turn and hear the sound of… Read More
The recent passing of former first lady Rosalynn Carter brought to mind the fact that for a brief period in 1979 the overnight passenger steamer Delta Queen bore the… Read More
