Black and white photo image of the steamboat the Bonanza on the Ohio River near Portsmouth. The Bonanza was a side wheeler built in Madison, Indiana in 1876. Its boilers and other machinery came from Portsmouth.
Colorized image of the Queen City, a sternwheeler built in 1897 in Cincinnati for the Pittsburgh and Cincinnati Packet Line. She served the line until 1933 when she became wharf boat at Pittsburgh, where she sank in 1940.
Colorized image of the Bostonia on the Ohio River near Portsmouth. The steamboat was a sidewheeler built in Jeffersonville, Indiana in 1863 under the supervision of Captain William McClain.
Colorized photo image of two river boats on the Ohio River in front of a sign welcoming all to Portsmouth. "First Sternwheel Regatta 1983" is written on the back.
