ALABAMA’S PHANTOM STEAMSHIP The Eliza Battle was once one of the most luxurious steamboats on Alabama’s waters, but her untimely demise by fire has left many to believe that she can still be seen on the Tombigbee River’s water– an omen of death.

In 1856, the Steamboat Arabia was frontier bound, loaded with supplies for 16 towns. With two hundred tons of precious cargo aboard, it left Kansas up the Missouri river on a routine trip, but waiting silently at the water’s surface, lost in the glare of the setting sun, was the thick trunk of a huge, fallen walnut…

What is it about those 13 ghosts?

Racing steamboats on the Mississippi 1st October marks the anniversary of the first steamboat arriving at its destination in New Orléans, Louisiana, after sailing the Mississippi River in 1811. The steamboat was developed in the late 18th century and became widely used in the early 19th century. The first journey down the Mississippi began in […]

View down hill of the "Germania" steamboat along the shoreline in the foreground, across the river from bridge and Munger's Mill, which are in the backgrou...

A 38 ton steamboat that ferried people and cargo. Rebuilt in 1900 by Captain Clay Johnson and named after his two daughters Albina Rose and Ada Roberta. Operated until 1928 when a hurricane drove it ashore. One of the Hart Memorial meeting rooms is named after this steamboat.

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