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Article: History going full steam ahead in La Crosse
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- October 11, 1998
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CopyrightCopyright 1998 The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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One river, two riverboat moments.
One of them you might also recall. On this very page two Sundays
back there was a story about the grand paddle wheel steamboat
American Queen, the floating "six-tiered wedding cake" that is the
largest steamboat ever built.
News for readers, perhaps, but deja boat for me. One day before
that story from Natchez, Miss., landed on readers' doorsteps, I
checked into a hotel on the Mississippi River here and found the
very same American Queen docked across the street along the city's
new riverwalk.
Talk about amenities this was a nicer perk than free coffee in
the morning.
And as impressive as the American Queen was in full color on
Sunday morning, it was a ...