Streckfus Steamers
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Streckfus Steamers was a company started in 1910 by John Streckfus Sr. born in Edgington, Illinois. He started a steam packet business in the 1880s, but transitioned his fleet to the river excursion b
1920 Streckfus Steamers' advertisement for "Moonlight Cruises De Luxe" aboard the Sidney
President circa 1950 – Dutch Andrus Orchestra performing
Admiral, minus her upper decks, is towed from St. Louis to be dismantled on July 19, 2011
Becky Thatcher, a restaurant boat
John Hartford
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John Cowan Hartford was an American folk, country, and bluegrass composer and musician known for his mastery of the fiddle and banjo, as well as for his witty lyrics, unique vocal style, and extensive
Streckfus Steamers
…African American group to play music on the Mississippi riverboats. Mississippi River lore and riverboat culture feature prominently in the music of John Hartford. A former Streckfus musician (and later chief engineer of the Delta Queen) Mike O'Leary is the subject of Hartford's song "Let Him Go on Mama" on the…
Hartford at MerleFest, 2000
Full-page ad for the 1968 album Housing Project.