There was a time when the river ran uninterrupted, when steamboats hauled passengers and freight on a highway of water from city to city, when pilots memorized every town, every bend, every wing dam, every rapids, every characteristic of the river's channel. The glory was the river, but the grandeur was the river steamer, a majestic creation gliding on the water, its smoke billowing into the sky, its paddlewheel slapping against the current, i...
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