A moored showboat built to channel Mark Twain’s vision of a Mississippi River adventure is seeking a new managing partner. The 1899-style riverboat alongside Harriet Island Regional Park is home ...

ST. LOUIS (AP) - A grounded Mississippi River showboat that has sat idle as preservationists attempted to save it from the scrap heap appears to have taken its last voyage. The St. Louis Post ...

Choosing which Mississippi cruise ship is right for ... Queen Voyages advances a romantic vision of rollin'-on-the-river showboat cruising from the days of Mark Twain. The American Countess ...

Though his etymology was off—the Ojibwe words that gave us Mississippi (Misi-ziibi) actually mean “long river”—the idea has proven durable. “Ol’ Man River” buoyed Show Boat ...

show boat) on the Mississippi River. It traces the tragic love story between Magnolia, the ship captain’s wide-eyed daughter, and Ravenal, a rogue with a gambling problem; Magnolia goes from ...

In adapting Edna Ferber’s novel about life on Mississippi River showboat Cotton Blossom, Kern wove a lush score from spirituals, Dixieland, European waltz and burgeoning jazz. Extensively ...

People have been leisure cruising on the Mississippi River since the storied days of steamships, showboats and paddlewheelers in the 1800s. Skip to main content You have permission to edit this ...