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Robt. E. Lee

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]]> http://steamboats.com/wordpress/2012/02/17/366/feed/ 0 Steamboats.com Publishes 1st Book http://steamboats.com/wordpress/2011/07/24/steamboats-com-publishes-1st-book/ http://steamboats.com/wordpress/2011/07/24/steamboats-com-publishes-1st-book/#comments Sun, 24 Jul 2011 19:33:26 +0000 steamboats http://steamboats.com/wordpress/?p=357

Go to Amazon.com to purchase the Kindle edition of the Steamboats.com Affirmation Book. Written for people who want peace. See the book online: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B005EAWPHM/steamboatshop

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]]> http://steamboats.com/wordpress/2011/07/24/steamboats-com-publishes-1st-book/feed/ 0 Searching for 1850s Captain Gaston http://steamboats.com/wordpress/2011/07/19/searching-for-1850s-captain-gaston/ http://steamboats.com/wordpress/2011/07/19/searching-for-1850s-captain-gaston/#comments Wed, 20 Jul 2011 04:44:03 +0000 steamboats http://steamboats.com/wordpress/?p=354 Continue reading →]]> On Jul 18, 2011, at 8:22 PM, Julie Norman wrote:

My ancestor, Matthew A Gaston, was listed as a steamboat pilot in the 1850′s and 60′s in Mobile, Alabama. Is there any place I could get more information on him? Does the Coast Guard keep a list going that far back?

Thank you for your help

Julie Norman

 

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name=S benson
location=Missouri
message=Looking for a steamboat named the Ralph hicks, sailed the Mississippi and Missouri rivers. Late 1800 early 1900′s. Thanks

 

Editor’s note: The Fred Way Directory lists the Ralph Hicks as a gasoline powered sternwheel pleasure boat, originally named Albermatla, built in 1902. The owner was Captain Jeff Hicks, of Pine Bluff, AK, who only owned the boat for about ten years, when he died following injuries in a car accident. After that, the boat changed hands, finally to be acquired by the Kansas City Bridge Company, and cut down to a single deck for towing. Her demise came in 1944, when she was beached on the St. Louis wharf, and was subsequently dismantled.

If anybody can supply photos or additional info. on the Ralph Hicks, we will post it here.

On Jul 12, 2011, at 5:56 PM, S. Benson wrote:

Thanks for the great info.  My grandfather was a part owner of the boat and we have a wonderful stained glass window from the boat, we never new it’s history.  Thanks again

Editor’ note:

 

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]]> http://steamboats.com/wordpress/2011/07/11/ralph-hicks-info-wanted/feed/ 0 News re-Run Apology http://steamboats.com/wordpress/2011/07/03/news-re-run-apology/ http://steamboats.com/wordpress/2011/07/03/news-re-run-apology/#comments Mon, 04 Jul 2011 04:29:41 +0000 steamboats http://steamboats.com/wordpress/?p=346 Continue reading →]]> We apologize for repeating the same news twice. The post below names Xanterra Parks & Resorts as having just bought the Delta Queen. However, a previous post from May 26 names TAC Cruises, which is owned by Xanterra.  Steamboat friends told me the Delta Queen people in Chattanooga have not yet heard from Xanterra or TAC Cruises.

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]]> http://steamboats.com/wordpress/2011/07/03/news-re-run-apology/feed/ 0 Delta Queen Sold http://steamboats.com/wordpress/2011/07/02/delta-queen-sold/ http://steamboats.com/wordpress/2011/07/02/delta-queen-sold/#comments Sat, 02 Jul 2011 14:59:30 +0000 steamboats http://steamboats.com/wordpress/?p=344 Continue reading →]]> DELTA QUEEN PASSENGER VESSEL FINALLY SOLD
By D.K. DuPont
6/27/2011

Xanterra Parks & Resorts has purchased the assets of Ambassadors International Inc., including the Delta Queen and Columbia Queen, for $39 million cash. U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Delaware approved the sale in late May to the Greenwood Village, Colo.-based company that runs concessions and activities at national and state parks. The deal also includes Windstar Cruises. The two riverboats were part of Ambassadors money-losing Majestic America Line brand. The Delta Queen is leased under a bareboat charter as a hotel in Chattanooga, Tenn. The Columbia Queen, which is in Portland, Ore., was pledged as collateral with a credit card processor, according to regula- tory filings. Ambassadors had both on the market. Xanterra has made no decisions on the fate of either vessel, a spokesman said in early June. The Maritime Administration is trying to sell two other Majestic vessels, the American Queen and the Empress of the North. Ambassadors returned them to the Maritime Administration, which paid bondholders nearly $68 million. The American Queen is under contract for $15.5 million to a company led by John Waggoner, CEO of HMS Global Maritime based in New Albany, Ind. Waggoner earlier told WorkBoat he hoped to operate the 418′, 436-passenger vessel on the inland rivers next year. — D.K. DuPont

[Editor's Note: We found this story today at http://www.workboat.com/newsdetail.aspx?id=10406 but have no further information.]

 

 

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On May 24, 2011, at 12:15 PM, John Dreyer wrote:
Wanted to share this photo I took of Betty Blake, Gabe Chengery, Roberta Flack and friend.  Event was The Great Steamboat Race of 1976.  There are many other of my photos of The Delta Queen and The Mississippi Queen on my Flickr site.
John Dreyer

Editor’s Note: To find John Dreyer’s photos at Flickr, go to: http://www.flickr.com/photos/writeman/

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]]> http://steamboats.com/wordpress/2011/06/01/328/feed/ 0 Delta Queen Sold to TAC Cruise http://steamboats.com/wordpress/2011/05/26/delta-queen-sold-to-tac-cruise/ http://steamboats.com/wordpress/2011/05/26/delta-queen-sold-to-tac-cruise/#comments Thu, 26 May 2011 16:09:41 +0000 steamboats http://steamboats.com/wordpress/?p=325 Continue reading →]]> Breaking news – the sale is expected to close today or tomorrow. Read the whole article: click here http://www.workboat.com/newsdetail.aspx?id=10175

EXCERPT

Ambassadors International Inc., wrapped up its bankruptcy case last week by selling its assets — including the riverboat Delta Queen — to TAC Cruise, an affiliate of Xanterra Holding Corp, which runs concessions and activities at national and state parks.

The court approved a $39 million cash offer by TAC over an earlier bid by Whippoorwill Associates Inc., White Plains, N.Y., a private investment firm with a 22 percent stake in Seattle-based Ambassadors. Whippoorwill had agreed to provide $10 million in new financing under a debtor-in-possession credit arrangement.

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