Steamboat Stories by Jerry Canavit Fast Boats on the Mississippi The Fast Boats - Part 2 Racing Stories The First Steamboat Race The Great Lake Erie Steamboat Race The Great Upper-Mississippi Steamboat Race Disaster Stories Steamboat Racing and Boiler Explosions Explosion of the Steamer Mont Blanc The Sultana Disaster Incidents A Terrible Explosion in Iowa. Duck Eats Yeast, Explodes, and Puts Man's Eye Out. Boats Ben Hur: Austin Once Had The Best Dam Steamboat In Texas The Last of the Breed: A Brief History of the steamer Lone Star; the longest continually operating wooden-hull steam vessel on the Mississippi River System. The Fabulous Telephone The Stiletto and the Mary Powell Avalon Memories The Magnificent T.J. Potter The Dog & Broom People Captain Uriah Bronzer Scott Who Was Henry Miller Shreve? Hell Roarin' Jack Confessions of a Steamboat Addict Confessions Part One: The James P. Pearson Confessions Part Two: The Steamer Avalon ConfessionsPart Three: The W.J. Quinlan The Avalon, seen above, is one of the boats in Jerry's "Confessions of a Steamboat Addict." More photos from the Avalon in "Avalon Memories," above. Email any comments/questions to our steamboat raconteur, Jerry Canavit. Steamboats.com Index