Delta Queen
1984
New Orleans to Memphis
General Jackson in Jackson Square, New Orleans
Exposition grounds
the "Delta Queen" at the Rosty Street Wharf in New Orleans
cleaning the stern wheel blades
leaving New Orleans at dusk
to the sound of the calliope
played by the Band Master
next day at the levee
next to Oak Alley Plantation
evening at Oak Alley
on the river
in Baton Rouge
the riverboat "Delta Queen" at the landing of "Natchez under the hill"
Longwood
ca. 1860-1861. Lower Woodville Rd, Natchez. The grandest
octagonal house in America.
Superb example of mid-19th century Oriental style.
Designed for Haller and Julia Nutt, it retains original furnishings.
More Photos of the Antebellum Homes of Natchez
ready to leave Natchez
landing at the flood levee in Vicksburg
U.S.S. Cairo Gunboat
reconstruction in Vicksburg, Mississippi
cruising the Mississippi
the Captain at the wheel
docked in Memphis, the end of our journey
map of the Mississippi river in the river park at Memphis
