And for a virtual tour of the "Twain environment" of steamboat times, try a
tri
p on S.S. Cherokee belle at:

http://www.acy.digex.net/~capnmark/home.html

there's a hot link to Jim Zwick's magnificent site there as well as a couple
pi
x from Kevin Bochynski's collection.  Join us and pilot Mark Twain for tour
of
Mississippi and Ohio and other rivers.

Fred Mason   a/k/a "Cap'n Mark Wheeler"