Steamboat Race
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This Currier and Ives lithograph shows the great steamboat race from New Orleans to St. Louis between the Robert E. Lee and the Natchez in July 1870. The winning Robert E. Lee was captained by Kentuckian John W. Cannon. Courtesy of the Library of Congress.
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Captain John W. Cannon
Historical Marker #1756 in Hawesville (Hancock County) cites the birthplace of noted steamboat captain and builder John W. Cannon. Cannon captained steamboats on the Ohio and Mississippi rivers during much of the nineteenth century and became…