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Behringer-Crawford Museum
The Behringer-Crawford Museum in Covington, Kentucky will be showing a showing a special exhibit entitled Harlan Hubbard (1900 - 1988) The Complexity of Simplicity. The exhibit will run from July 12th  to September 20th, 2009. A number of Hubbard's paintings are a part of the Howard Museum collection. The life and art of Harlan and Anna Hubbard were featured at the Howard Museum's 2007 Fall Into Art event.




Indiana State Fair: Celebrating Indiana Communities
"Celebrating Indiana Communities" is a new exhibit at this year's Indiana State Fair that will highlight various Indiana towns and cities by showcasing local culture, commerce, festivals, attractions, and destinations.
The Howard Steamboat Museum has been chosen as the attraction to represent the Southern Region of the state, particularly Clark County. We are quite honored by this. Our display of steamboats will be featured on the first two days of the fair: August 7th & 8th. This is a real honor for us.




AT&T The Real Yellow Pages
For the second year in a row, AT&T has given  the Howard Steamboat Museum free publicity by placing a photo of the Museum and Mansion on the front cover of the Southern Indiana Area print edition of The Real Yellow Pages. This link will take you to an online version of the Yellow Pages.




Historic Sternwheeler Preservation
Historic Sternwheeler Preservation Society Inc. “A non-profit 501(c)3 corporation organized to preserve, research and promote the heritage and historical significance of sternwheel vessels.”




Indiana Find
Indiana Find is an Indiana search engine with listings for Indiana colleges, businesses, parks, zoos, airports and more. Indiana Find is the leading resource for the state of Indiana.




Marion Sue Bradford Thompson
Marion Sue Bradford Thompson was a skilled artist who was often drawn to steamboats as the theme of her paintings.




Museumlink's Museum of Museums
The website Museumlink.com is a growing site that is built upon a simple concept which is yielding mind-boggling results: it is endeavoring to accumulate links to museum web sites for museums in all of the 50 states (along with Washington, DC), Canada, and the world. The state of Indiana is represented by more than 60 links, including that of our favorite museum, The Howard Steamboat Museum. Warning: this site may be habit forming!




Nautical Archaeology Program
The archeology department at Texas A&M University is undertaking to excavate and build a model of the remains of The Heroine, a western river steamboat built in 1832 and wrecked in 1838 between Jonesborough, Texas and Fort Towson, Indian Territory. It is the oldest archaeologically recorded vessel of its type and Oklahoma’s only documented shipwreck. The shipwreck was buried for nearly 150 years in the bank of the constantly shifting Red River until exposed by a flood in 1990.




PortKY.com -Your Louisville Area Cruising Resource
The header for this website says it all: "Your Louisville Area Cruising Resource." This is a must-see site for Louisville area boaters.




River Books & Programs by Jerry Hay
Jerry Hay grew up along the Wabash River in Indiana where his fascination and love of rivers began. He has traveled the entire length of the Wabash and White Rivers and collected information that can be found in his guide books. His web site talks not only about navigating rivers, but also about history, geography and river lore, along with his books on these topics.




Rivers Institute at Hanover College
The Rivers Institute at Hanover College promotes an understanding of the natural and cultural history of river environments.




Sons and Daughters of Pioneer Rivermen
The Sons and Daughters of Pioneer Rivermen (S&D) was established in 1939 to perpetuate the memory of Pioneer Rivermen and for the preservation of river history. All are welcome to join the former and active riverboat captains, crew and their families, historians, artists, model builders and those with an interest in the history of the people and boats of the Mississippi River system in sustaining a uniquely American tradition.




Sunny Side of Louisville
This is a very comprehensive view of things to do in Jeffersonville, Indiana.




Steamboats
Homepage of Nori Muster - a great site, especially about the Delta Queen.




Steamboats.org
This is an incredibly content-rich site for anyone interested in steamboats. To name but a few things, it has a glossary of steamboat terms, an interactive steamboat model, book reviews, a message board, a large collection of photos, audio and video recordings and links to other sites.




Tall Stacks
The Tall Stacks Music, Arts & Heritage Festival, which occurs every four years, will return to Cincinnati in 2006 from October 4th through October 8th with even more music, food, fun and riverboats to entertain and educate thousands














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