Background As a docent at the Howard Steamboat Museum and someone with an affinity for Episcopal churches, I was curious… Read more St. Paul’s Episcopal Church: A Glimpse into the Religious World of the Howards
Steamboat History: INDIANA
Visitors to the Howard Steamboat Museum will no doubt have noticed the museum’s beautifully detailed model of the packet steamer… Read more Steamboat History: INDIANA
Steamboat History: CITY OF LOUISVILLE
Few vessels from the glory days of the Steamboat Era are more iconic than the steam packet boat. Built to… Read more Steamboat History: CITY OF LOUISVILLE
For Profit and Glory: Steamboat Racing on the Inland Rivers
“Much the most enjoyable of all races is a steamboat race… Two red-hot steamboats raging along, neck-and-neck, straining every nerve –… Read more For Profit and Glory: Steamboat Racing on the Inland Rivers
Voices of the Steamboat Era: A Short History of the Steam Whistle on the Inland Rivers
“Steamboat whistles made a beautiful noise. Each vessel had her own more or less distinctive notes, and each hand upon… Read more Voices of the Steamboat Era: A Short History of the Steam Whistle on the Inland Rivers
Steamboat History: HOMER SMITH
In 1914, a beautiful sternwheel packet boat was launched at the Howard Shipyard in Jeffersonville, Indiana: the HOMER SMITH. Built… Read more Steamboat History: HOMER SMITH
Steamboat History: Ferryboats
Many works of river history are focused on big packet steamers like the CITY OF LOUISVILLE or workhorse towboats like… Read more Steamboat History: Ferryboats
Loretta Howard: The “Steel Magnolia” of Jeffersonville, Indiana
(Originally posted to Facebook on March 18th, 2021) >In honor of Women’s History Month, we would like to tell you… Read more Loretta Howard: The “Steel Magnolia” of Jeffersonville, Indiana
Black History Month 2021
(Originally posted to Facebook on February 23rd, 2021) To help celebrate Black History Month, we would like to take a… Read more Black History Month 2021
Steamboat History: CHICOT
Anybody who has visited the Howard Steamboat Museum over the past few years has probably noticed our beautiful model of… Read more Steamboat History: CHICOT