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Library of Congress, Michigan: Local History & Genealogy Resource Guide, Research Guides, Washington DC "Michigan Societies", familysearch.org, Utah: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. (Mostly related to genealogy but includes links to historical societies).
General Jackson is a riverboat—more specifically, a showboat—based on the Cumberland River in Nashville, Tennessee. General Jackson was named after another riverboat of the same name that was built in 1817; that boat was in turn named for Andrew Jackson. The modern boat was originally an attraction at the Opryland USA theme park.
Nashville is a village in Barry County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,537 at the 2020 census . [ 4 ] The township exists largely within Castleton Township , with a small portion extending south into Maple Grove Township .
The 2003 event expanded to a five-day Tall Stacks Music, Arts & Heritage Festival with 17 riverboats and 30 national musical acts. The Tom Sawyer and the Island Queen battle it out during the ...
The hull was designed by DeWitt Hill, and the riverboat cost more than $200,000 to build. [2] She was named for General Robert E. Lee, General in Chief of the Armies of the Confederate States. The steamboat gained its greatest fame for racing and beating the then-current speed record holder, Natchez, in an 1870 steamboat race. [3] [4]
A riverboat is a watercraft designed for inland navigation on lakes, rivers, and artificial waterways. They are generally equipped and outfitted as work boats in one of the carrying trades, for freight or people transport, including luxury units constructed for entertainment enterprises, such as lake or harbour tour boats .
The Battle of Vicksburg involved monitors and ironclad riverboats. The USS Cairo is a survivor of the Vicksburg battle. Trade on the river was suspended for two years because of a Confederate's Mississippi blockade before the union victory at Vicksburg reopened the river on 4 July 1863.
The Ryman also saw the birth of bluegrass within its walls with a music-history-making performance from Earl Scruggs in '45. In 1956, Johnny Cash joined the Opry; in 1960, Patsy Cline came on board.