Steamer Avalon
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Steamer Avalon #1: Interview and Memoir
STEAMBOATS AND INLAND RIVERS
Narrators of this memoir recall riverboats, Midwest rivers, river stories, rafting, locks and dams, freight, and life on the rivers. The narrators, interviewed on board the Avalon, are Courtney Ellis, engineer; Arthur Schletker, captain; Johnny Dobbs, pilot; and Lawrence Allen, captain.
1 tape, 34 pp.
Interview by John Knoepfle, 1957
OPEN: released by John Knoepfle
Steamer Avalon #2: Interview and Memoir
STEAMBOATS AND INLAND RIVERS
Johnny Lawhead, ferry operator, and Emory Edgington, captain, each discuss their riverboat experiences. Lawhead discusses his ferry operation between Coney Island (near Cincinnati) and Brent, Kentucky. Edgington recalls experiences with steamboats, towboats, coal hauling, and weather on Ohio rivers.
2 tapes, 14 pp.
Interviews by John Knoepfle, 1957
OPEN: released by John Knoepfle