The Month of February Was Not Good for This Boat The Month of February Was Not Good for This Boat
The Month of February Was Not Good for This Boat

Having “grown up” around towboats and rivermen, then working actively on the river for more than 50 years, this writer has heard of many superstitions and omens of “bad luck”… Read More

The J.J. McViccar

March 9, 2022

In 1894, as the Howard family prepared to occupy their newly completed 22-room riverside mansion at Jeffersonville, Ind., their shipyard built the towboat Fritz, named for Capt. Fritz Mentor. The… Read More