Makin Music on the Mighty Mississippi
Dear Rudy,
Captain "Doc" Hawley spoke fondly of his steamboating start 50 years
ago on the Avalon. Maybe it's just friendly competition that he
failed to mention that the Avalon is alive and well as the oldest
river steamboat in the country. In 1962, just days away from being
lead to the scrap yard, it was bought by the City of Louisville.
Earlier this month, that "Belle of Louisville" beat the mighty Delta
Queen in the Great Steamboat Race on the Ohio River.
Thanks,
Joe
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