Idlewild In Memphis - It Became Louisville's Belle
"Really?" Now The Belle Of Louisville!
Larry's "Other" Steamboats Visiting Madison
Avalon Steamboat
Delta Queen Steamboat Passing Madison
American Queen At Madison's Dock
AQ Visit To Madison
Louisville To Cincinnati Steamboat
About 1909.
Majestic At Madison's Landing
Explosion - City Of Madison
Gem From Larry Stewart:
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Gem From Don Stewart:
Photos From Don & Larry Speak To Madison's History!
Also From Don Stewart
"The Story"
City of Madison / Side-Wheeler Packet, built in 1882 at Madison, Indiana.
Owned by U. S. Mail Line Company, it ran from Cincinnati to Madison, Cincinnati to Louisville. Her end was singular. On June 16, 1894, she was returning from a special trip to Memphis, Tennessee, going straight through to Cincinnati.
Pilot watches were changed just below the shipyards at Madison, and a few moments later, at 4:15 a.m., she struck the Madison Dike and sank.
The pilot on watch, Wheeler Collier, was a native of Madison. So this boat, The City of Madison, built at Madison, was sunk at Madison by a Madison man.
"Out Of Town" River Boat Scenes
Next Two From Larry Stewart:
Hospital Ship From The Civil War
Ironclad From The Civil War
I Seem To See A Race In Memory
Between The Natchez And The Robert E. Lee
