The River: Recycling makes the junkyard respectable and biz was good, but call of water was stronger
The riverboat captain is a storyteller, and Captain Don Sanders will be sharing the stories of his long association with the river — from discovery to a way of love and life. This a part of a long and continuing story. This story first appeared in April, 2021.
By Captain Don Sanders
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Thankfully, I have two trades that always provided a reasonable living: steamboatin’ and junkin’....
The River: The most versatile person on a riverboard crew is the deckhand who has quite a tool kit
By Capt. Don Sanders
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The riverboat captain is a storyteller, and Captain Don Sanders shares the stories of his long association with the river — from discovery to a way of love and life. This part of a long and continuing story was first told in March, 2019. See below how to order Captain Don’s historically significant illustrated hardback book, a collection of his storytelling,...
The River: (Remembering) riverboat folk yearning to hear the ‘ready whistle’ and engines warming up
The riverboat captain is a storyteller, and Captain Don Sanders will be sharing the stories of his long association with the river — from discovery to a way of love and life. This a part of a long and continuing story. The story first appeared in March 2021.
By Captain Don Sanders
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Since last week, the Ohio River’s simmered down after cresting at 56.82-feet on the Cincinnati...
The River: The captain hates change, but knew everything had to change sometime . . .
The riverboat captain is a storyteller, and Captain Don Sanders shares the stories of his long association with the river — from discovery to a way of love and life. This part of a long and continuing story was first told in March, 2019. See below how to order Captain Don’s historically significant hardback, illustrated book, a collection of his storytelling, The River.
By Capt. Don Sanders
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Officials tell Dayton’s story, of the river city known for its homes (historic and new), businesses, vitality
By Andy Furman
NKyTribune reporter
The population was 5,666 at the 2020 census – but Dayton, Kentucky Mayor Ben Baker and City Administration Jay Fossett had just as many stories and highlights of the city located in the northernmost part of Campbell County, at the Covington Rotary luncheon this week at the Radisson Hotel.
“Dayton has a total area of 1.9 square miles of which 1.3 square miles is...
The River: Summers are scorchers on the Upper Mississippi and mayflies add to the misery
The riverboat captain is a storyteller, and Captain Don Sanders shares the stories of his long association with the river — from discovery to a way of love and life. This is a part of a long and continuing story. It first appeared in April, 2018. Purchase the Captain’s book below.
By Captain Don Sanders
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Summers on the Upper Mississippi River can be scorchers. Adding to...
The River: A boy’s life couldn’t get any better; all that mattered was river and learning as much as he could
The riverboat captain is a storyteller, and Captain Don Sanders shares the stories of his long association with the river — from discovery to a way of love and life. This a part of a long and continuing story. It first appeared in 2019.
By Capt. Don Sanders
Special to NKyTribune
The PAL-O-MINE was at home at the Newport Yacht Club, on the Kentucky side of the Ohio River upstream from the Mouth of...
The River: Steamboatin’ on the excursion boat AVALON, a tradition dating back to the 1800s
(The riverboat captain is a storyteller, and Captain Don Sanders shares the stories of his long association with the river — from discovery to a way of love and life. This story first appeared in February, 2018. Order your copy below of the beautiful hardback book, The River, a sampling of Capt. Don Sanders historic river stories.)
By Capt. Don Sanders
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As the head of the...
The River: How to make a handy rope bumper in less than five minutes; follow these directions
The riverboat captain is a storyteller, and Captain Don Sanders shares the stories of his long association with the river — from discovery to a way of love and life. This a part of a long and continuing story.
By Captain Don Sanders
Special to NKyTribune
Devices used to cushion the blow between a boat’s hull and a dock, lock wall, or another boat: a bumper, or perhaps a fender, or even a possum....
The River: Today the refrain is ‘Don’t throw it in the river,’ but it wasn’t always that way
The riverboat captain is a storyteller, and Captain Don Sanders will be sharing the stories of his long association with the river — from discovery to a way of love and life. This a part of a long and continuing story that first appeared in 2020. Order Capt. Don Sanders The River, a hardback book with a collection of his columns, below.
By Captain Don Sanders
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“Throw it in...
The River: Memories stir like river mud — of Patty Boy, of Camps, of long swims, of new wonders
(The riverboat captain is a storyteller, and Captain Don Sanders shares the stories of his long association with the river — from discovery to a way of love and life. This story first appeared in January, 2018. Purchased The River hardback book, a collection of Capt. Don’s columns below.)
By Capt. Don Sanders
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During the summers of our youth, my brothers Dick and Bob...
The River: Revisiting an ill-fated Delta Queen charter that spoiled Super Bowl IV for fancy pants guests
The riverboat captain is a storyteller, and Captain Don Sanders shares the stories of his long association with the river — from discovery to a way of love and life. This a part of a long and continuing story. It was first told in 2020. Order Capt. Don Sanders’ The River book below. This ‘Super Bowl’-related column was first published in Sept. 2020
By Capt. Don Sanders
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The River: The Great Flood of 1937 as told aboard the BB Riverboat Belle of Cincinnati in 2018
The riverboat captain is a storyteller, and Captain Don Sanders shares the stories of his long association with the river — from discovery to a way of love and life. This a part of a long and continuing story. The Ohio River reached 70.99 feet 87 years ago in the Greater Cincinnati area. Capt. Don was reminded of this ’37 story being republished here from 2018. See how to order his The River...
The River: There is cold, colder, and coldest — and there will always be days on a riverboat in ice
The riverboat captain is a storyteller, and Captain Don Sanders shares the stories of his long association with the river — from discovery to a way of love and life. This a part of a long and continuing story. This story first appeared in February 2021 — it was cold then, too.
By Captain Don Sanders
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As a much younger man, I delighted in blustery winter weather like the...
Yes, it’s safe to drink the water, says ORSANCO’s Richard Harrison; keeping the river safe
By Andy Furman
NKyTribune reporter
Go ahead – drink the water. It’s OK. Richard Harrison says you have nothing to worry about.
Harrison is the Executive Director of the Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission (ORSANCO).
ORSANCO is the water pollution control agency for the Ohio River and its tributaries. An interstate agency, according to Harrison, ORSANCO represents the states of Illinois,...
