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• n  a steam vessel propelled by paddle wheels

• In 1851, when the American paddle-wheeler Pacific set a record for the Atlantic crossing, steamboats could barely exceed the time of a fast sailing vessel.
• Mark Twain and Charlie Chaplin look-alikes, trailed by a freckle-faced Huck Finn, greet passengers as they come up the gangplank of the Mississippi River's newest paddle-wheeler .
• Where can a bargain hunter buy three live elk for $500 each, a small-scale Mississippi paddle-wheeler for $7,500, or a connoisseur's collection of African voodoo drums and.

• paddle steamer

News & Articles

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• Lake level causing problems for boat owners
  By Kathryn Reed Boats already aren’t able to get in and of Lake Tahoe marinas and with only a little runoff expected to come down from higher elevations in the next couple months, the situation is only going to get worse as summer rolls into fall. The Tahoe Queen paddle-wheeler can no longer get in […]
  March 7, 2014 - Lake Tahoe News