The Golden Age: Pilots, Racers and River Legends

The steamboat's showtime — Mark Twain's apprenticeship at the tiller, the Natchez–Clay record races, the Ohio River races of the 1920s, and the Delta Queen and Belle of Louisville, the last of the true lineages.

Playlist by @paddle_steamer_history

14 tracks, shared on Audicious.

1. Mark Twain: Father of American Literature - Fast Facts | History — HISTORY
2. Death on the Mississippi: Henry Clemens and the Sorrow of Mark Twain — American Prairie Filmworks
3. The Apprentice: Mark Twain Becomes a Pilot — CGEEmultimedia
4. Mark Twain's Mississippi — CGEEmultimedia
5. Mark Twain and his life on the Mississippi — TGrooms11
6. The Great Steamboat Race narrated by Loretta Young — The Loretta Young Show
7. The Great Steamboat Race | American Traditions — Great Documentaries
8. Steamboat Race on the Ohio River, July 1929 — Speed Graphic Film and Video
9. History of Steamboat Racing — Belle of Louisville Riverboats
10. Belle Of Louisville Steamboat — Bill On The Road
11. Legendary Lady — Belleof Louisville
12. Save the Delta Queen! - "Godspeed, Delta Queen" — Cruisetricks
13. History of The Delta Queen - Captain Mary B. Greene — DeltaQueenOfficial
14. The "Natchez," a replica of a late-1880s steamboat and the last surviving fully steam-powered paddle — AP Archive