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On May 2, attorney Abner L. Duncan, representing the shareholders of the Monongahela and Ohio Steam Boat Company, posted bail and made arrangements for Shreve and the Enterprise to be released. On May 6, Shreve and the Enterprise finally departed New Orleans and, after a voyage of 1,500 miles, reached Louisville on May 31. [1]
The purchase of Entertainment Cruises doubled the number of ships and locations that Hornblower operates. In October of the same year, Hornblower acquired English tour boat operator City Cruises who have operations in London, Poole and York. [2] [3] [4] In 2020, Hornblower expanded in Boston by acquiring Boston Harbor Cruises. [5]
Israel Gregg (February 20, 1775 – June 20, 1847) was the first captain of the historic steamboat Enterprise.From June to December 1814, Israel Gregg commanded the Enterprise during two voyages from Louisville, Kentucky to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania that were performed against strong currents of the Ohio River. [1]
In June 1808, Captain Horatio Hornblower is in command of the 36-gun frigate HMS Lydia, with secret orders to sail to the Pacific coast of Nicaragua (near modern Choluteca, Choluteca) and supply a prominent landowner, Don Julian Alvarado ("descendant" of Pedro de Alvarado by a fictional marriage to a daughter of Moctezuma), with muskets and powder for a planned uprising against the Spanish ...
The voyage, called the Ohio River Way Challenge, is taking a team of paddlers on a 250-mile trip from Portsmouth, Ohio, to Louisville, Kentucky in an effort to highlight the beauty of the river ...
A Ship of the Line is an historical seafaring novel by C. S. Forester.It follows his fictional hero Horatio Hornblower during his tour as captain of a ship of the line.By internal chronology, A Ship of the Line, which follows The Happy Return, is the seventh book in the series (counting the unfinished Hornblower and the Crisis).
From shows to events, festivals, concerts, and more, here is a list of things you can do around Louisville this month. 50+ things to do around Louisville this week: December 2021 Skip to main content
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