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Excerpt from the Pope’s Boat

November 1, 2014

Available Fall 2015 In August of 1981 after eight years working as a deckhand and a St. Paul harbor pilot aboard river towboats in the powerful currents and shifting channels of the mighty Mississippi River I thought I had met all sorts of water-borne critters but I never met anyone quite like the Pope. The…

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21st Century Steamboats on the River

February 1, 2013

Tim Reichel takes his steam-powered boat, the Isabelle, out on the Mississippi. (xx) Folks at Harriet Island Park this past summer were treated to the unmistakable toot of a steam whistle. Seconds later on this sunny, cool August afternoon the aroma of burning wood caught my attention as I was getting the pilothouse of the…

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