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Mary Gilbert passed away. This is the full obituary where you can share condolences and memories. Published in the The News Courier on 2024-06-07. ....
Around Burlington: Passengers scooped from banks as the Charlie Roger raced to Keokuk Bob Hansen for The Hawk Eye The 1850s saw the high water mark for steam boating on the Upper Mississippi. It was a time of intense river activity with ornate floating palaces and humble freight carriers tying the river communities to the commerce and society of the settled east. In April 1855, 230 boats called at the Burlington levee. But that year also saw railroads push through to East Burlington and begin to erode the steam boater’s profitable freight and passenger business. The river barrier slowed the railroad s push west for approximately eight years and for that period, steamboat traffic turned to Iowa’s inland rivers. The Iowa, Cedar, Des Moines and even the Skunk carried steamboats into Iowa’s heartland. ....