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The Great Steamboat Race is an annual steamboat race, taking place the Wednesday before the first Saturday of May, three days before the Kentucky Derby, as part of the Kentucky Derby Festival. The race was first run in 1963 and it takes place on the Ohio River in the span that runs between Louisville, Kentucky and Jeffersonville ...
1 mai 2024 · Watch the Belle of Louisville compete with other steamboats on the Ohio River for the Silver Antlers trophy. Learn about the history, tickets, winners and stories of this annual event since 1963.
26 avr. 2023 · Learn about the origins, dangers and excitement of steamboat racing in 19th-century America, from the first recorded contest in 1816 to the infamous Great Mississippi Steamboat Race of 1870. Discover how steamboats revolutionized water transportation, attracted gamblers and spectators, and inspired Mark Twain's writings.
1 mai 2024 · The Great Steamboat Race starts at 6 p.m. on Wednesday and it will race through the Ohio River and reach the finish line at the Wharf.
4 mai 2023 · The Belle of Louisville won its fourth straight Great Steamboat Race on Wednesday. Despite claims of shenanigans, the Belle was deemed the first steamboat to cross the finish line in the 60 th run of the race, which pitted her against her up-river rival the Belle of Cincinnati and southern rival, the American Countess.
4 mai 2023 · Learn about the epic twelve-hundred-mile race between the Robert E. Lee and Natchez in 1870, the last great steamboat race on the Mississippi River. Find out the captains, the boats, the course, the results, and the legacy of this historic event.
26 avr. 2022 · BROUGH BROTHERS DISTILLERY OFFICIAL BOURBON OF GREAT STEAMBOAT RACE. April 26. 2022. Louisville, KY. – It will be a Battle of two Belles and a Countess along the Ohio River as the Liberty Financial Great Steamboat Race, returns on Wednesday, May 4.
