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21/04/2011 5:41 pm
Captain Bill Bowell died yesterday. He operated the Padelford Packet Co., at St. Paul and ran excursions. He was also a student of steamboat history and donated his library to the museum at Dubuque. His passing is a loss to all of us.
21/04/2011 6:05 pm
Sorry to learn of Capt. Bill's passing. I always enjoyed chatting with him at river gatherings, and his book Ol' Man River: Memoirs of a Riverboat Captain, published in 2005, is a fine tome. A long and two shorts to his memory.
21/04/2011 8:06 pm