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May 4, 2012

Riverboat resumes nostalgic cruises on the Mississippi

By ADRIAN SAINZ
Associated Press

AP Photo/Great American Steamboat Company [enlarge]
The American Queen riverboat last sailed the Mississippi and Ohio rivers in 2008, but is resuming riverboat cruising after a multi-million dollar refurbishment.

HENDERSON, Ky. — The churning red paddlewheel propels the pearl-white steamboat along the wide Mississippi River, like a slow-moving time machine through a slice of Americana that harks back to Mark Twain and the history, culture and commerce of the 19th century.


 
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