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First Oil Tow To Sioux City

Old Boat Column

First Oil Tow To Sioux City

October 14, 2023

In the September 18, 2023, issue of The Waterways Journal, this column detailed the Kansas City Socony and mentioned that it had initiated the first oil tow into both Omaha,… Read More

Capt. Bill Menke, River Showman Restored after a fire, the Goldenrod Showboat lights up the levee in 1968 at St. Louis. (Keith Norrington collection)

Capt. Bill Menke, River Showman

March 5, 2021

John William Menke was born on August 3, 1880, in Cincinnati, Ohio, where his family operated a saloon. In 1902, he went to Jersey City, N.J., where his brother Ben,… Read More