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THREE QUEENS VISIT WHEELING, WV the American, the Delta, and the Mississippi Queen Steamboats By John Bowman
- JohnBowman
- on Nov, 18, 2019
- CategoryAmerican Queen Steamboat, Authentic Steamboat Model, Bellaire Ohio, Belmont County Ohio, Bill of Lading Freight On Board, Clarington Ohio, Delta Queen Steamboat, Floating Palace, Glinda Bowman, John Bowman, John Bowman Steamboat Historian, John Bowman's Steamboat Models, Martins Ferry Ohio, Mississippi Queen Steamboat, Moundsville WV Ferry, Ohio, Ohio River Steamboat Transportation Co, Ohio Valley River Museum, Point Pleasant River Museum, Steamboat Birthplace, Steamboat book, Steamboat History, Steamboat Model, Uncategorized, Vietnam Veteran, W. Va. History, Warwood West Virginia, West Virginia, West Virginia History Hero, Wheeling, Wheeling Author, Wheeling Boat Building, Wheeling Historian, Wheeling Steamboat History, Wheeling Steamboat Lines, Wheeling Suspension Bridge, Wheeling Wharfboats, Wheeling's 250th Birthday Bash, Wheeling's Heritage Port, Wheeling's Manufacturing History
- 9 Comments.

American Queen 1994- The McDermott Shipyard built the stern-wheel tourist-excursion boat American Queen in 1994 for the Delta Queen Steamboat Co. She was launched in 1995 at an approximate cost of $60 million. Her steam engines were from the U.S. dredge Kennedy. As the paddle wheels were too small to move the large boat […]
Read MoreTOWBOAT PHOTOS JOHN BOWMAN’s COLOR BOAT PHOTOS A – C Post 1 of 6
- JohnBowman
- on Nov, 07, 2019
- CategoryAuthentic Steamboat Model, Bellaire Ohio, Belmont County Ohio, Bill of Lading Freight On Board, Boaz Towboat, Brooke County West Virginia, Clarington Ohio, Ferry Boat Ohio River, Glinda Bowman, John Bowman, John Bowman Steamboat Historian, John Bowman's Steamboat Models, Martins Ferry Ohio, Monroe County Ohio, Moundsville WV Ferry, Ohio, Ohio River Steamboat Transportation Co, Ohio Valley River Museum, Point Pleasant River Museum, Sistersville WV Ferry, Steamboat Birthplace, Steamboat book, Steamboat History, Steamboat Model, Steamboat WASHINGTON, Towboat Photos, Towboats, Uncategorized, Vietnam Veteran, W. Va. History, Warwood West Virginia, West Virginia, West Virginia History Hero, Wheeling, Wheeling Author, Wheeling Boat Building, Wheeling Historian, Wheeling Steamboat History, Wheeling Steamboat Lines, Wheeling Suspension Bridge, Wheeling Wharfboats, Wheeling WV History, Wheeling's 250th Birthday Bash, Wheeling's Manufacturing History, Yates Marine Construction Co. Wheeling WV
- 14 Comments.

The majority of these Diesel Towboat Color Photos were taken at 40o 05’ 55.60” N 80o 42’ 21.04” W. Elevation 667’ Ohio River mile 87.6 at the lower end of (Warwood), Wheeling, West Virginia circa the late 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. Many photos (150+) were taken on the Lower (L) Mississippi River, 30 at Warfield Point, near […]
Read MoreExcerpt from “ANTECEDENT AND OCCASIONS TO THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR”
- JohnBowman
- on Jul, 19, 2019
- CategoryCivil War, John Bowman, Ohio, Uncategorized, Vietnam Veteran, W. Va. History, West Virginia, Wheeling, Wheeling Author, Wheeling Historian, Wheeling WV History
- 9 Comments.
Excerpt from “ANTECEDENT AND OCCASIONS TO THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR”[i] Readers, to make the following relevant to today, just substitute another contemporary word in a few places. “The upper class slaveholders considered themselves as benevolent providers, insisting that slavery was humane and uplifting for the blacks and some held the belief that if the African […]
Read MoreSTEAMBOAT PASSAGE AND FARE MID – 1800s by John Bowman
- JohnBowman
- on Jun, 19, 2019
- CategoryAuthentic Steamboat Model, Bellaire Ohio, Belmont County Ohio, Bill of Lading Freight On Board, Centre Wheeling South Wheeling, Ritchietown, Manchester Addition, Westview Addition, LaGrange, Fulton, Charles Ellet, Jr., Clarington Ohio, Floating Palace, Glinda Bowman, John Bowman, John Bowman's Steamboat Models, Martins Ferry Ohio, Monroe County Ohio, Ohio, Ohio River Steamboat Transportation Co, Ohio Valley River Museum, Point Pleasant River Museum, Steamboat Birthplace, Steamboat book, Steamboat History, Steamboat Model, Uncategorized, Vietnam Veteran, W. Va. History, West Virginia, West Virginia History Hero, Wheeling, Wheeling Author, Wheeling Boat Building, Wheeling Historian, Wheeling Steamboat History, Wheeling Steamboat Lines, Wheeling Suspension Bridge, Wheeling Wharfboats, Wheeling WV History, Wheeling's 250th Birthday Bash, Wheeling's Manufacturing History
- 96 Comments.

When you booked passage on a 1800s steamboat, and depending on what you could afford, you found quite a difference between the conditions enjoyed by steamboat cabin passengers and deck passengers. Those who could afford the best traveled in near splendor. We are talking of ‘For that time’. Boarding the boat at the bow, Forecastle, […]
Read MoreBILL OF LADING – FREIGHT ON BOARD Regarding FLATBOATS, KEELBOATS, and STEAMBOATS by John Bowman
- JohnBowman
- on Jun, 14, 2019
- CategoryAuthentic Steamboat Model, Belmont County Ohio, Bill of Lading Freight On Board, Centre Wheeling South Wheeling, Ritchietown, Manchester Addition, Westview Addition, LaGrange, Fulton, Clarington Ohio, Ferry Boat Ohio River, John Bowman, John Bowman's Steamboat Models, Monroe County Ohio, Moundsville WV Ferry, Ohio, Ohio River Steamboat Transportation Co, Ohio Valley River Museum, Point Pleasant River Museum, Sistersville WV Ferry, Steamboat Birthplace, Steamboat book, Steamboat History, Steamboat Model, Steamboat WASHINGTON, Uncategorized, Vietnam Veteran, W. Va. History, West Virginia, West Virginia History Hero, Wheeling, Wheeling Author, Wheeling Boat Building, Wheeling Ferry Boats, Wheeling Historian, Wheeling Passenger Ferryboats Gertrude and Hazel, Wheeling Steamboat History, Wheeling Steamboat Lines, Wheeling Stores, Wheeling Wharfboats, Wheeling WV History, Wheeling's 250th Birthday Bash, Wheeling's Manufacturing History
- 77 Comments.

What is a steamboat “Bill of Lading”?[i] A steamboat Bill of Lading was a two-piece receipt torn from a bound book, usually kept at the Wharfboat office that listed the goods received by a steamboat agent one copy of which was given to the carrier of the goods and one copy was given to the […]
Read MoreThe WHEELING – LOUISVILLE ‘UNION LINE’ WHEELING’S 1853 STEAMBOAT PACKET LINE by John Bowman
- JohnBowman
- on Jun, 12, 2019
- CategoryAuthentic Steamboat Model, Bellaire Ohio, Belmont County Ohio, Bill of Lading Freight On Board, Centre Wheeling South Wheeling, Ritchietown, Manchester Addition, Westview Addition, LaGrange, Fulton, Edmund Fitzgerald, John Bowman, John Bowman's Steamboat Models, Monroe County Ohio, Ohio, Ohio Valley River Museum, Point Pleasant River Museum, Sistersville WV Ferry, Steamboat Birthplace, Steamboat book, Steamboat History, Uncategorized, Vietnam Veteran, W. Va. History, West Virginia, West Virginia History Hero, Wheeling, Wheeling Author, Wheeling Boat Building, Wheeling Historian, Wheeling Steamboat History, Wheeling Steamboat Lines, Wheeling Streets, Wheeling Wharfboats, Wheeling WV History, Wheeling's 250th Birthday Bash, Wheeling's Manufacturing History
- 2 Comments.

The WHEELING – LOUISVILLE ‘UNION LINE’ Daily served the cities of Wheeling, Cincinnati, Louisville, and St. Louis. Ohio River Steamboat Transportation Companies Headquartered in Wheeling, Virginia (West Virginia) The Wheeling Daily Intelligencer March 11, 1853 UNION LINE! Daily Steam Packet Service to the cities of Wheeling, Cincinnati, Louisville, and St. Louis. S.C. Baker & Co. […]
Read MoreJOHN BOWMAN Wheeling, West Virginia
- JohnBowman
- on Aug, 24, 2016
- CategoryAuthentic Steamboat Model, Centre Market Wheeling, Centre Wheeling South Wheeling, Ritchietown, Manchester Addition, Westview Addition, LaGrange, Fulton, Charles Ellet, Jr., Civil War, Civil War Ironclad, Civil War Steamboat Model, Civil War Watch WALTHAM William Ellery, Ebenezer Zane Comes to Wheeling 1769, Edmund Fitzgerald, Ferry Boat Ohio River, Glinda Bowman, John Bowman, John Bowman's Steamboat Models, Ohio, Ohio Valley River Museum, Point Pleasant River Museum, Salathiel Benjamin Rush Sgt. “F” Co. 63rd Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Steamboat Birthplace, Steamboat book, Steamboat Explosion, Steamboat History, Steamboat Model, Steamboat Model Video, Steamboat WASHINGTON, Uncategorized, Vietnam Veteran, W. Va. History, West Virginia, West Virginia History Hero, Wheeling, Wheeling Author, Wheeling Boat Building, Wheeling Historian, Wheeling Steamboat History, Wheeling Stogie, Wheeling Streets, Wheeling Wharfboats, Wheeling WV History, Wheeling's 250th Birthday Bash, Wheeling's Manufacturing History
- 36 Comments.
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