Grand Excursion
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The Grand Excursion was a promotional voyage by train and steamboat into the Upper Mississippi River valley, USA that first took place in June 1854. It marked the first railroad connection between the
The Spirit of Peoria on the 2004 Grand Excursion
The Anson Northrup at Dubuque
The Milwaukee Road 261 arriving at Dubuque
The Alliant Energy Amphitheater
Julia Belle Swain
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Julia Belle Swain is a steam-powered sternwheeler under restoration in La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States.
Grand Excursion
…with bunting and signs." The boats participating in the 2004 Grand Excursion included: Anson Northrup, Celebration Belle, Delta Queen, Harriet Bishop, Julia Belle Swain, La Crosse Queen, Mississippi Queen, and Spirit of Peoria. Official 2004 Grand Excursion website…
Julia Belle Swain at La Crosse, 2007