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Mary M. Miller Wins 2025 Great Steamboat Race

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Mary M. Miller Wins 2025 Great Steamboat Race

May 16, 2025

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 the… Read More

The New Albany Wharf By Day And Night OldBoat_071921_A

The New Albany Wharf By Day And Night

July 16, 2021

The Old Boat Column this week presents two versions of a vintage view of the riverfront at New Albany, Ind., the writer’s historic hometown. Published as night and day post… Read More

The Steamer Benton The Missouri River steamboats Benton and Western at a landing. (Keith Norrington collection)

The Steamer Benton

June 15, 2021

The Old Boat Column this week finds us looking back in time 145 years and exploring up the capricious and cursed Missouri River. Prominent in the image is the steamboat… Read More