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

STEAMBOATS AND INLAND RIVERS Stutzman, lockmaster, discusses jobs, boats, and experiences on rivers in the Midwest; locks and dams; coal boats; and businesses that use river transportation.

Memoir, 18 pp. Interview by John Knoepfle, 1957 OPEN: released by John Knoepfle

STEAMBOATS AND INLAND RIVERS Ed Taylor discusses shipping on riverboats and building boats. Also discusses crops, riverboats and their crews, and coalboats.

Memoir, 15 pp. Interview by John Knoepfle, 1957 OPEN: released by John Knoepfle

STEAMBOATS AND INLAND RIVERS The Twedells recall their childhood river experiences: swimming and tramping along the river, floods, dredging, and boat captains they knew.

Memoir, 18 pp. Interview by John Knoepfle, 1957 OPEN: released by John Knoepfle

STEAMBOATS AND INLAND RIVERS Wagner recalls river life at the turn of the century, catching logs, showboats, and the theater in Ironton, Ohio.

1 tape, 25 min., 10 pp. Interview by John Knoepfle, 1957 OPEN: released by John Knoepfle

STEAMBOATS AND INLAND RIVERS Captain Volney White, riverboat captain, discusses boats, roustabouts, the Greene Line, and locks and dams on the Ohio and other Midwest rivers.

1 tape, 40 min., 15 pp. Interview by John Knoepfle, 1957 OPEN: released by John Knoepfle

STEAMBOATS AND INLAND RIVERS George Wise, riverboat engineer, discusses boats, the Greene Line, Midwest rivers, cargo, different jobs aboard, and river life.

1 tape, 61 min., 17 pp. Interview by John Knoepfle, 1957 OPEN: released by John Knoepfle

STEAMBOATS AND INLAND RIVERS Captain Wisherd, riverboat captain, discusses river experiences and excursion boats on the Mississippi River.

1 tape, 48 min., 9 pp. Interview by John Knoepfle, 1955 OPEN: released by John Knoepfle

STEAMBOATS AND INLAND RIVERS Zenn discusses building coal boats and barges, details of their construction, and relates stories of river life.

2 tapes, 106 min., 25 pp. Interview by John Knoepfle, 1957 OPEN: released by John Knoepfle

STEAMBOATS AND INLAND RIVERS Zugelter, riverboat clock puncher, discusses his experiences with Captain Jesse Hughes and his family on the Greene Line and meals served on riverboats.

1 tape, 19 min., 9 pp. Interview by John Knoepfle, 1958 OPEN: released by John Knoepfle