Comments on: Floating down the Mississippi http://www.niftygaloot.com/2008/10/12/floating-down-the-mississippi/ Rambles and whatever tickles my fancy to blog about! Mon, 30 Jan 2012 22:31:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Kayecee http://www.niftygaloot.com/2008/10/12/floating-down-the-mississippi/comment-page-1/#comment-295 Kayecee Mon, 13 Oct 2008 00:50:17 +0000 http://www.niftygaloot.com/?p=111#comment-295 Nice pics! You're braver than I am.... I live 20 minutes from the Mighty Mississippi and have never ventured into her waters. Crossing the Memphis bridge is as close as I wanna get. LOL Looks like y'all had fun! Nice pics!

You’re braver than I am…. I live 20 minutes from the Mighty Mississippi and have never ventured into her waters. Crossing the Memphis bridge is as close as I wanna get. LOL

Looks like y’all had fun!

]]> By: Nifty Galoot http://www.niftygaloot.com/2008/10/12/floating-down-the-mississippi/comment-page-1/#comment-293 Nifty Galoot Mon, 13 Oct 2008 00:14:44 +0000 http://www.niftygaloot.com/?p=111#comment-293 Jenice, Thanks for the nice comment. We were talking about the steamboats that used to travel the river in the 'good ole days.' Stern wheelers carried passengers and freight between Aitkin and Grand Rapids from 1871 to 1921, when there was enough water in the river to make travel possible. It's hard to picture boats as large as the Andy Gibson (which was 140 feet long and 32 feet wide) traveling this river. I heard from some of the old timers that the paddle was hitting the bank as it navigated some of the corners. A 1909 passenger rate schedule from the Oriole steamboat lists the ticket price of $1.45 for the trip from Aitkin to here. The Oriole was 105 feet by 22 feet and ran from 1907 to 1918. My grandparents didn't move here till 1922, so the steamboats had quit running by then. It'd really be something to see a big boat on the river now-a-days. Jenice,

Thanks for the nice comment. We were talking about the steamboats that used to travel the river in the ‘good ole days.’ Stern wheelers carried passengers and freight between Aitkin and Grand Rapids from 1871 to 1921, when there was enough water in the river to make travel possible.

It’s hard to picture boats as large as the Andy Gibson (which was 140 feet long and 32 feet wide) traveling this river. I heard from some of the old timers that the paddle was hitting the bank as it navigated some of the corners.

A 1909 passenger rate schedule from the Oriole steamboat lists the ticket price of $1.45 for the trip from Aitkin to here. The Oriole was 105 feet by 22 feet and ran from 1907 to 1918.

My grandparents didn’t move here till 1922, so the steamboats had quit running by then. It’d really be something to see a big boat on the river now-a-days.

]]> By: Jenice http://www.niftygaloot.com/2008/10/12/floating-down-the-mississippi/comment-page-1/#comment-292 Jenice Sun, 12 Oct 2008 18:51:18 +0000 http://www.niftygaloot.com/?p=111#comment-292 The Mississippi River was a very familiar landmark of my early years. I remember the river boats, the tugboats, the stern wheelers I saw as a child. I found myself intrigued by the entire idea of being on the Mississippi in small kayaks and canoes, and your photos made me think of the old Mississippi River I knew in a new way. Thanks for sharing your experience. The Mississippi River was a very familiar landmark of my early years. I remember the river boats, the tugboats, the stern wheelers I saw as a child. I found myself intrigued by the entire idea of being on the Mississippi in small kayaks and canoes, and your photos made me think of the old Mississippi River I knew in a new way. Thanks for sharing your experience.

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