Stored in a Cape Girardeau chicken house for about half a century, the 6-foot-long wooden model of a side-wheeler steamboat was in ruin when Jo Renfrow started looking for a new home for the creation.

Burl Cain, warden of Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola, spoke to the Monroe Rotary Club Thursday and presented a model steamboat to the Cooley House. The Cooley House was designed for G.B. Cooley ...

This intricate model of the steamboat G.W. Hill commemorates La Crosse’s river history in a big way. The model is 10 feet long, 3 feet tall, 2 feet wide, and was constructed more than 60 years ago by ...

Looking at the state seal of Florida, one will notice hibiscus flowers, a Seminole woman, a Sabal Palm and, in the background, an ocean-going steamboat that seems to glow as the sun sets behind it.

Donna Potter’s enthusiasm for life aboard ship wasn’t dimmed a bit by high winds, cramped quarters or even rain. “It was like being part of a big family,” explained the 10-year-old, who lives in East ...

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Of course, a lot of mountain kids competing in spring sports get a real snow job. This is Colorado, those are the Rocky Mountains and we know all about the crazy conditions. Then there’s Steamboat ...

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