When the New Orleans Steamboat Company launched the NATCHEZ in 1975, they revived more than a famous name. ![]() It's a line that follows the course of river history, from the placid antebellum plantation era through the turbulence of the Civil War to the Gay Nineties, and, ultimately, the new millennium. In many ways, she's the best of her line. Even today, the NATCHEZ is proudly the undisputed champion of the Mississippi, never having been beaten in a race. LEE in the most famous steamboat race of all time. It was her predecessor, NATCHEZ VI, that raced the ROBERT E. She's the ninth steamer to bear the name NATCHEZ. Maybe that's what they mean by eternal." Clarke "Doc" Hawley Captain, Steamer NATCHEZ, Retired. On the deck, with the big wheel turning, you can look across the water and back to the days when time was measured by the coming and going of packets and excursion boats, and those days are as close as the echo of the steam calliope. But, I've never lost my sense of wonder at its power and majesty, and it was it seems to touch something special in the American spirit. As a steamboat man, I've seen in every light and all weathers.
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