Ante-bellum Floating Palaces of the Alabama River: And the "good Old Times in Dixie," |
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afterward Alabama river Alabama waters Alice Vivian Ambassador ante-bellum beautiful Bluff Bob Otis boiler deck Brainard built New Albany cabin called Capt Captain Cox Captain Finnegan Captain Otis carried Cayce Charles clerk commanded craft Creek crew crowded Cuba Dale Daniel Fowler daughter Demopolis Dixie Eliza Battle Engineer fastest father feet Floating Palaces Fort Morgan Frank Johnson freight Galveston George F Graham Stone Greer Gulf City handsome hull James Battle James Hewitt Jeffersonville Jesse John Judge Fleetwood Foster Kimball ladies land late Judge Fleetwood LaVergy lived Luck Wainwright Magnolia Meaher Messenger miles Mississippi Mobile River Mobile's Montgomery never Nicholas night packet Orleans Owen Finnegan passed passengers pilot race reached rival boat Robert Otis Sam Dale Selma speed steam steamboat steamer stern Tombigbee TOMBIGBEE RIVER Tons trade trip U.S. ARMY vessel Walter Tuggle wharf wheel Wilcox Banner Wilcox county writer young