Download - American Queen Steamboat Company

HISTORY and SCENERY
Shiloh National
Military Park
Multnomah
Falls
Bald Eagles of the
Upper Mississippi
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HISTORIC RIVERS SHOW YOU THE
WONDERS OF A CONTINENT
Rugged mountains with mantles of snow tower
over wilderness rivers. Southern belles in period
hoop skirts and bonnets greet you with a mint
julep beneath a row of 200-year old oak trees. Log
cabins along the Mississippi River and frontier
forts on bluffs above the Columbia River reflect
the pioneering spirit of America. Magnolia trees
blossom, wild salmon swim upriver, vineyards hug the
Washington hills and stately antebellum plantations
touch the water’s edge in Louisiana. History and
scenic vistas combine on a voyage with the American
Queen Steamboat Company as rivers transport you
to lands of wonder and times long forgotten.
Give yourself over to the voices of history. Mark
Twain’s words echo on the quiet streets of Hannibal,
Missouri where Tom Sawyer and his friends
whitewashed picket fences. Along the Mississippi
and Ohio Rivers, silent battlefields stand in mute
testimony to the thunder and rhetoric that spawned
the Civil War. Thomas Jefferson’s words to Lewis
and Clark to find “the most direct and practicable
water communication across this continent” take on
new meaning in the unspoiled terrain of the Pacific
Northwest, the Columbia River’s gorges and the
canyons of the Snake River. Native American chants
and songs from Oregon to Tennessee and from
Minnesota to Mississippi tell the story of a people
who are one with the land.
Revel in the sights, sounds and perfumed aromas
of the South. From your perch on the American
Queen, watch the mist rise off the quiet waters of
the Tennessee or Cumberland Rivers, a rooster
crowing in the distance. Inhale the sweet fragrance of
historic Natchez gardens and the piquant aroma of
Creole cuisine in magical New Orleans. In the West,
the American Empress follows the Columbia River
from the Pacific Ocean deep into the mountains.
Waterfalls cascade into deep gorges and a bald eagle
flies lazy circles in the unbreakable dome of blue sky
overhead. From the decks of your riverboat, America’s
greatest scenic treasures glide by as you’ve never seen
them before. Celebrate America’s beauty, culture and
history through her rivers.