[Dixielandjazz] Goldenrod going up in smoke soon

[Larry Walton Entertainment - St. Louis]

Kampsville is 25 miles north of Pere Marquette State Park on the Illinois 
River and 47 miles North of Alton Ill.  Its on the "island" so you have to 
take a ferry.  It's not actually an island but that's what most people call 
the peninsula between the Mississippi and the Illinois rivers.  The only 
practical way on is to take one or two ferry's.
I wonder why they hauled it there?  There are many tie up points from Alton 
North.  One more or less derelict barge wouldn't make any difference since 
there seems to be a lot already.  Maybe there is a salvage yard there.
Larry
St.L
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Don Mopsick" <mophandl at landing.com>
To: "Larry Walton" <larrys.bands at charter.net>
Cc: "Dixieland Jazz Mailing List" <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2007 2:05 PM
Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Goldenrod going up in smoke soon


> List:
>
> We got word yesterday from Tom Bartlett that the present owners of the
> Goldenrod Showboat plan to hold a "cash and carry" auction in a few weeks,
> selling off all the antiques inside, and then dismantle the outer steel
> hull, sell it for scrap, and then burn the rest of her to the ground to
> recover the copper wire. This is to happen as soon as they receive clear
> title to the boat.
>
> The Goldenrod is at the present time half beached on riverfront property
> along the Illinois in Kampsville. Not in good shape.
>
> I have included a short article on the Goldenrod in my next issue of Jazz 
> Me
> News, scheduled to go out tomorrow morning, but I would like to have a 
> photo
> of someone aboard her with a horn in his chops during the heyday of the
> National Ragtime Festival held aboard her from 1972-85.
>
> If you have such a photo handy and can scan it, and there are no copyright
> issues, please email to me at
>
> mophandl at landing.com
>
> ASAP. I will credit you in JMN.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Don Mopsick, Riverwalk Webmaster and Jazz Me News Writer/Editor
>
> mopo
>
>
>
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