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Roosevelt Rode The Str. Mississippi No.1
| 题名： | Roosevelt Rode The Str. Mississippi No.1 |
| 正文语种： | eng |
| 作者： | KEITH NORRINGTON |
| 摘要： | In 1907, the steamer Mississippi led a parade of steamboats into Memphis with a special guest aboard. After spending the entire day of October 2 in St. Louis, President Teddy Roosevelt departed shortly after 4 p.m. aboard the Mississippi as part of a convention of the Lakes-to-Gulf Deep Water Association. In this week's Old Boat Column image, taken nearly 114 years ago, Roosevelt posed on the hurricane deck near the pilothouse with Lt. John Mcllhenny (Spanish-American War) from Avery Island, La. Leading a flotilla of riverboats out of St. Louis, the Mississippi was followed by the Lily, Col. Mackenzie, W.R. King, Mark Twain, Alton, City of Saltil-lo, Bald Eagle, Columbia, City of Providence, Chester, David Swain, Illinois, Grey Eagle, Belle of Calhoun, Cape Girardeau, Omaha and the City of Memphis. All of the boats did not remain in the procession; about half of them turned around opposite Jefferson Barracks and resumed their regular duties in packet and excursion trades. At dinner time, the Mississippi came alongside the Eagle Packet Company's elegant sidewheel steamer Alton, where the president and his party enjoyed sharing the evening meal with the Alton's passengers, composed mostly of governors from various states throughout the Mississippi Valley. |
| 出版年： | 2021 |
| 期刊名称： | The Waterways Jouranl |
| 卷： | 134 |
| 期： | 51 |
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