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…
21st Century Steamboats on the River
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…