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Riverboat Heritage Days - the first weekend in August. The Aitkin County Fair - annually at the middle of July since 2008. Ripplesippi Music Fest - in mid August. Harvest Moon Brew Fest - in September; World Famous Fish House Parade takes place on Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving.
The Andy Gibson was a steamboat that serviced the headwaters of the Mississippi River in the U.S. state of Minnesota from 1884 to 1894. After her retirement, the ship was left in a drydock outside her home port of Aitkin, Minnesota, and gradually dismantled for parts.
The Aitkin County Depot Museum is a local history museum housed in the historic 1916 Northern Pacific Depot in Aitkin, Minnesota. The building itself is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is managed by the Aitkin County Historical Society. [ 2 ]
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Grant Marsh. Grant Prince Marsh (May 11, 1834 – January 1916) was a riverboat pilot and captain who was noted for his many piloting exploits on the upper Missouri River and the Yellowstone River in the Western United States from 1862 until 1882.
The event culminated three days of devotions in this small Ohio city. STEUBENVILLE, Ohio (AP) — “Bye bye, Jesus!” a child called out as the riverboat chugged away from shore into the Ohio ...
The hull was designed by DeWitt Hill, and the riverboat cost more than $200,000 to build. [2] She was named for General Robert E. Lee, General in Chief of the Armies of the Confederate States. The steamboat gained its greatest fame for racing and beating the then-current speed record holder, Natchez, in an 1870 steamboat race. [3] [4]
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