It is almost forgotten now, but once upon a time, in the California of long ago, San Francisco was one of the world's great riverboat ports, like New Orleans on the Mississippi. Palatial steamboats ...

A century ago, 11,000 steamboats plied America`s rivers, creating a lore celebrated by Mark Twain. Only five remain today. Among them, this 62-year-old overnight passenger vessel which has survived ...

EDITOR'S NOTE: State archaeological steward Bob Vernon spoke recently on the settlement of this region. This first of a two-part series goes up to the arrival of steamboats in Jefferson. How our ...

Two steamboat enthusiasts in their fourth day toot-tooting around Lake Hopatcong are apparently drawing plenty of attention. “It’s like being zoo animals,” Glenn Papp said Monday. Papp, 34, and his ...

The De Smet, pictured at Fort Benton, Montana, was built for Captain LaBarge in 1871 after he sold his steamboat Emilie LaBarge. The De Smet was 188.4 feet long and 34 feet wide. It later burned near ...

The river craft that Hubbard L. Hart used during what some call "the golden era of steamboats on the Ocklawaha River" were of a special design, rather primitive in the beginning but more sophisticated ...

In 1684, a public dock was built at "the head" of the Thames River, where the Yantic and Shetucket rivers converged. Due to the Norwich Harbor’s location, the city developed as a natural trading ...

Turnpikes, tollbooths, traffic jams. Solitary people, in their solitary cars. That's our age. The age of gasoline. Picnics, pleasure boats, and people — above all people, jammed by the thousands into ...

CINCINNATI — A new, but not-so-new event is coming to the riverbanks of Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky in 2025. America's River Roots — a concept that will feel very familiar to many Tri-Staters — ...

Steamboats opened Arkansas up to the world. The whistle of the steamboat as it approached shore was an anticipated event and everyone in the community would stand and await the boat's arrival. The ...