The Coral Gables Times

re, passengers explore Cave-In-Rock, Illinois, historic den where river pirates once lured unsuspecting victims.

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steamers were floating palaces with crystal chandeliers, elegant staterooms, and plush lounges; excellent food; lovely music and entertainment; and wonderfully exciting sights to enjoy all along the way. The Delta Queen is the last link with this part of the past. A few days—or a full two-week vacation—spent aboard her have all the adventure of a mid-nineteenth-century excursion, plus a few modern surprises, such as coming suddenly upon the Pittsburgh skyline or passing Baton Rouge at night. It's a gentle vacation; you get plenty of rest, and if you can't afford to take a cruise around the world, it satisfies your hunger for being afloat. AMONG THE POINTS of interest viewed from that comfortable deck chair: ... the giant Hopewell Indian burial mounds, relics of a vanished and complex society that flourished here thousands of years ago. ... the mammoth cave, called Cave-In-Rock, where river bandits lured unsuspecting travelers who were then robbed, killed, and thrown in the river, never to be found. ... the ghost of a lost steamboat that, they say, can still be seen and heard on rainy nights. ... Nachez-Under-The-Hill, once a center of crime and vice, home of the famous gamblers who went up and down the river fleecing innocent and naive citizens. Have you ever noticed how much more of the Old South is visible from the water than from the highways? On one of her cruises the Queen stops at the beautiful Oak Allee plantation, named for the 90-foot-wide avenue of 28 oaks that sweeps from the magnificent house right down to the river. These trees were planted more than 200 years ago by an early settler, who called his plantation Bon Sejour. Finally, the Queen pulls into New Orleans, which is like no other city in the world. All this—and much more—is there for anyone who chooses to take a vacation on the river, aboard the last great lady of the Mississippi—the Delta Queen.

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