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Christopher Becker Greene
Captain Christopher Becker Greene (1901 - October 20, 1944) was the head of the Greene Line of steamboats after the death of his father. Biography He was born in 1901 in Ohio to Mary Catherine Becker and Gordon Christopher Greene, and his brother was Thomas Rea Greene Captain Thomas Rea Greene (February 3, 1904 - July 11, 1950) was president of the Greene Line of steamboats. Biography He was born on February 3, 1904, in Ohio to Mary Catherine Becker and Gordon Christopher Greene aboard his father's steamboat .... In 1928 he raced Frederick Way, Jr. He died on October 20, 1944. References 1901 births 1944 deaths Steamship captains Delta Queen Steamboat Company {{Ohio-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greene Line
The Greene Line was a line of river steamships along the Ohio River. The name was changed in 1973 to Delta Queen Steamboat Company. History The company was started in 1890 by Gordon C. Greene with Henry K. Bedford. When Gordon died in 1927 his sons: Christopher Becker Greene, Henry Wilkins Greene, and Thomas R. Greene ran the company. The company name was changed in 1973 to "Delta Queen Steamboat Company". Ships * H. K. Bedford (1886) was built in 1886 and purchased from the previous owner in 1890 and named after Henry K. Bedford. * Gordon C. Greene (steamboat) (1923) named after Gordon C. Greene *Thomas Greene (steamboat) (1925) named after Thomas R. Greene. *Delta Queen (1924) was built in 1924 and purchased from the previous owner in 1946 *Mississippi Queen (steamboat) Built in the 1970s, and is not currently cruising, because it is being stripped, it also has the largest calliope to be put on a steamboat. *American Queen ''American Queen'' is said to be the largest riv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Betsy Ann
The ''Betsy Ann'' was a sternwheel packet, next a towboat and finally an excursion boat. She was built by Iowa Iron Works in 1899. She is best remembered for participating in three steamboat races. She lasted 41 years, until 1940, when she was dismantled at the St. Louis Wharf. The ''Betsy Ann'' was the subject of the book ''The Log of the Betsy Ann'', by Fred Way, former captain of the boat. She ran on the Ohio River from Pittsburgh to Portsmouth, Ohio. Activities * July 24, 1928: Raced with the packet Packet may refer to: * A small container or pouch ** Packet (container), a small single use container ** Cigarette packet ** Sugar packet * Network packet, a formatted unit of data carried by a packet-mode computer network * Packet radio, a form ... ''Chris Greene''. * July 16, 1929: Raced again with the packet ''Tom Greene''. * 1930: Participated in another race, again with the ''Tom Greene''. References {{reflist Steamboats of the Ohio River ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The New York Times
''The New York Times'' (''the Times'', ''NYT'', or the Gray Lady) is a daily newspaper based in New York City with a worldwide readership reported in 2020 to comprise a declining 840,000 paid print subscribers, and a growing 6 million paid digital subscribers. It also is a producer of popular podcasts such as '' The Daily''. Founded in 1851 by Henry Jarvis Raymond and George Jones, it was initially published by Raymond, Jones & Company. The ''Times'' has won 132 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any newspaper, and has long been regarded as a national " newspaper of record". For print it is ranked 18th in the world by circulation and 3rd in the U.S. The paper is owned by the New York Times Company, which is publicly traded. It has been governed by the Sulzberger family since 1896, through a dual-class share structure after its shares became publicly traded. A. G. Sulzberger, the paper's publisher and the company's chairman, is the fifth generation of the family to head the pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Catherine Becker . Her spirit is said to still haunt the ship.
In 1988, Greene was inducted into the National Rivers Hall o ...
Captain Mary Becker Greene (1867 - April 22, 1949), was steamboat captain of the Greene Line of river steamboats. She was the only female steamboat captain in Ohio. Biography She was born in 1867. She married Gordon Christopher Greene in 1890 and they had as their children Thomas Rea Greene and Christopher Becker Greene. Greene earned her captain's license in 1897. She died on Fri., April 22, 1949 aboard her boat, ''Delta Queen'', after leaving New Orleans New Orleans ( , ,New Orleans Merriam-Webster. ; french: La Nouvelle-Orléans , es, Nuev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gordon Christopher Greene
Captain Gordon Christopher Greene (September 8, 1862 - January 20, 1927), was the owner of the Greene Line of river steamboats. Biography He was born on September 8, 1862, in Newport, Washington County, Ohio, Newport, Ohio. In 1890 he started the Greene Line of river steamboats with Henry K. Bedford. He married Mary Catherine Becker in 1890 and had three sons, Christopher Becker Greene, Henry Wilkins Greene, and Thomas Rea Greene. The Gordon C. Greene (ship), Gordon C. Greene ship was built in 1923. He died on January 20, 1927, in Hyde Park, Cincinnati in Ohio. He was buried in Newport Cemetery in Ohio. After his death, his widow Mary served as company head and became one of the only women pilots on the river. References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Greene, Gordon C. 1862 births 1927 deaths Steamship captains Delta Queen Steamboat Company People from Washington County, Ohio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Rea Greene
Captain Thomas Rea Greene (February 3, 1904 - July 11, 1950) was president of the Greene Line of steamboats. Biography He was born on February 3, 1904, in Ohio to Mary Catherine Becker and Gordon Christopher Greene aboard his father's steamboat on the Ohio River. His brother was Christopher Becker Greene. He married Letha Opal Cavendish and they had four children including, Jane Greene. In 1928 his brother, Christopher Becker Greene won the Ohio-Mississippi inland waterway championship speed race by defeating Captain Frederick Way, Jr. and his ship the Betsy Ann. A rematch was held on July 16, 1929, between the Betsy Ann and the Thomas Greene (steamboat) with Thomas piloting. In 1946 the ''Delta Queen'' was put up for auction by the owners. Greene became the new owner with a bid of $46,250. He had the boat refurbished. He died on July 11, 1950, in Evansville, Indiana Evansville is a city in, and the county seat of, Vanderburgh County, Indiana, United States. The pop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frederick Way, Jr
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Packet Ship
Packet boats were medium-sized boats designed for domestic mail, passenger, and freight transportation in European countries and in North American rivers and canals, some of them steam driven. They were used extensively during the 18th and 19th centuries and featured regularly scheduled service. When such ships were put into use in the 18th century on the Atlantic Ocean between Great Britain and its colonies, the services were called the packet trade. Steam driven packets were used extensively in the United States in the 19th century on the Mississippi and Missouri rivers, supplying and bringing personnel to forts and trading posts. History Packet craft were used extensively in European coastal mail services since the 17th century, and gradually added cramped passenger accommodation. Passenger accommodations were minimal: transportation, "firing" (i.e. a place to cook), drinking water (often tasting of indigo or tobacco, which the water casks had previously held), and a place ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Time Magazine
''Time'' (stylized in all caps) is an American news magazine based in New York City. For nearly a century, it was published weekly, but starting in March 2020 it transitioned to every other week. It was first published in New York City on March 3, 1923, and for many years it was run by its influential co-founder, Henry Luce. A European edition (''Time Europe'', formerly known as ''Time Atlantic'') is published in London and also covers the Middle East, Africa, and, since 2003, Latin America. An Asian edition (''Time Asia'') is based in Hong Kong. The South Pacific edition, which covers Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific Islands, is based in Sydney. Since 2018, ''Time'' has been published by Time USA, LLC, owned by Marc Benioff, who acquired it from Meredith Corporation. History ''Time'' has been based in New York City since its first issue published on March 3, 1923, by Briton Hadden and Henry Luce. It was the first weekly news magazine in the United States. The two ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1901 Births
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1944 Deaths
Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January 2 – WWII: ** Free France, Free French General Jean de Lattre de Tassigny is appointed to command First Army (France), French Army B, part of the Sixth United States Army Group in North Africa. ** Landing at Saidor: 13,000 US and Australian troops land on Papua New Guinea, in an attempt to cut off a Japanese retreat. * January 8 – WWII: Philippine Commonwealth troops enter the province of Ilocos Sur in northern Luzon and attack Japanese forces. * January 11 ** President of the United States Franklin D. Roosevelt proposes a Second Bill of Rights for social and economic security, in his State of the Union address. ** The Nazi German administration expands Kraków-Płaszów concentration camp into the larger standalone ''Konzentrationslager Plaszow bei Krakau'' in occupied Poland. * January 12 – WWII: Winston Churchill and Charles de Gaulle begin a 2-day conference in Marrakech ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steamship Captains
A steamship, often referred to as a steamer, is a type of steam-powered vessel, typically ocean-faring and seaworthy, that is propelled by one or more steam engines that typically move (turn) propellers or paddlewheels. The first steamships came into practical usage during the early 1800s; however, there were exceptions that came before. Steamships usually use the prefix designations of "PS" for ''paddle steamer'' or "SS" for ''screw steamer'' (using a propeller or screw). As paddle steamers became less common, "SS" is assumed by many to stand for "steamship". Ships powered by internal combustion engines use a prefix such as "MV" for ''motor vessel'', so it is not correct to use "SS" for most modern vessels. As steamships were less dependent on wind patterns, new trade routes opened up. The steamship has been described as a "major driver of the first wave of trade globalization (1870–1913)" and contributor to "an increase in international trade that was unprecedented in hu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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