{"page":"\u003clink rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"https://lessonplanet.com/assets/packs/css/resources-572d6a42.css\" /\u003e\n\u003clink rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"https://lessonplanet.com/assets/packs/css/lp_boclips_stylesheets-f4d0de30.css\" media=\"all\" /\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-title='Hopes Mississippi cruising will boost economy' data-url='/boclips/videos/5c54bfcdd8eafeecae145eb0' data-video-url='/boclips/videos/5c54bfcdd8eafeecae145eb0' id='bo_player_modal'\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='boclips-resource-page modal-dialog panel-container'\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='react-notifications-root'\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-header'\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-type'\u003e\n\u003ci aria-hidden='true' class='fai fa-regular fa-circle-play'\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\nVideo\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003ch1 class='rp-title' id='video-title'\u003e\nHopes Mississippi cruising will boost economy\n\u003c/h1\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-actions'\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='mr-1'\u003e\n\u003ca class=\"btn btn-success\" data-posthog-event=\"Signup: LP Signup Activity\" data-posthog-location=\"body_link_boclips\" data-remote=\"true\" href=\"/subscription/new\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGet Free Access\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e for 10 Days\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e!\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-body'\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-info'\u003e\n\u003cdiv aria-label='Hide resource details' class='rp-hide-info' role='button' tabindex='0'\u003e\u0026times;\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003ci aria-label='Expand resource details' class='rp-expand-info fai fa-solid fa-up-right-and-down-left-from-center' role='button' tabindex='0'\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\n\u003ci aria-label='Compress resource details' class='rp-compress-info fai fa-solid fa-down-left-and-up-right-to-center' role='button' tabindex='0'\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-rating'\u003e\n\u003cspan class='resource-pool'\u003e\n\u003cspan class='pool-label'\u003ePublisher:\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='pool-name'\u003e\n\u003cspan class='text'\u003e\u003ca data-publisher-id=\"30356011\" href=\"/search?publisher_ids%5B%5D=30356011\"\u003eCurated Video\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-description'\u003e\n\u003cspan class='short-description'\u003eAlton, Illinois - 2 November 20121.Mid of Queen of the Mississippi travelling down riverAlton, Illinois - 4 November 20122. Tilt from Mississippi River and river town of Alton down to paddlewheel3. Close motor turning paddlewheelAlton,...\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003eAlton, Illinois - 2 November 2012\u003cbr/\u003e1.Mid of Queen of the Mississippi travelling down river\u003cbr/\u003eAlton, Illinois - 4 November 2012\u003cbr/\u003e2. Tilt from Mississippi River and river town of Alton down to paddlewheel\u003cbr/\u003e3. Close motor turning paddlewheel\u003cbr/\u003eAlton, Illinois - 2 November 2012\u003cbr/\u003e4. Mid of Queen of Mississippi travelling down river\u003cbr/\u003eColumbus, Kentucky - 7 November 72012\u003cbr/\u003e5. Tilt up of pilot house\u003cbr/\u003e6. Close radar array\u003cbr/\u003e7. Pan from passengers to Pilot Max Taber at controls\u003cbr/\u003e8. Close Taber steering boat\u003cbr/\u003eNew Madrid, Missouri - 8 November 2012\u003cbr/\u003e10. Pan Taber entering pilothouse\u003cbr/\u003e11. SOUNDBITE (English) Max Taber, Pilot of Queen of the Mississippi:\u003cbr/\u003e\"We wanted to bring back all the nostalgia. Look just like a riverboat, but in combination with really getting a comfortable five-star experience. Because of that, we have blended the old with the new, so along with that paddlewheel, which drives the ship from the back of the boat, we've also added in modern propulsion as well, so that the ship is smoother, quieter and faster.\" \u003cbr/\u003e12. Wide Riverlorian Jim Williams giving talk to passengers\u003cbr/\u003e13. Close Williams pointing out river channel in chart\u003cbr/\u003e14. Pan from passengers to Williams\u003cbr/\u003e15. Close painting of old steamship behind Williams\u003cbr/\u003e16. SOUNDBITE (English)  Danny Markoe, Passenger from Granada Hills, California:\u003cbr/\u003e\"There's a lot here. There's old history, there's new history. There's the current economics. There's the towns, the Civil War, slavery. Going back to various ice ages. I mean, it's whatever is intriguing you at a given point of the day, wherever you are at. That information is here. More than you can almost take in.\"\u003cbr/\u003eMemphis, Tennessee - 10 November  2012\u003cbr/\u003e17. Pan and zoom out Jim Williams looking at river and barge\u003cbr/\u003e18. Close barges loaded with coal\u003cbr/\u003e19. SOUNDBITE (English): Jim Williams, Riverlorian (Cruise line's on-board historian)\u003cbr/\u003e\"These boats are back on the river and giving people an experience that takes them back to the good old days. When you're on one of these boats, you're slowing down. You're not going 70 miles an hour down the expressway to the next place you're going to look at. You're just cruising along and enjoying the beautiful riversides and the small towns. It's just a wonderful experience. And, I just think it's something that gets in your blood.\"\u003cbr/\u003ePaducah, Kentucky - November 5, 2012\u003cbr/\u003e20. Wide of Dan Knowles and his band performing, push in on Knowles as song ends\u003cbr/\u003e21. Pan from band to audience cheering\u003cbr/\u003e22. SOUNDBITE (English): Dan Knowles, Musician\u003cbr/\u003e\"Honestly, I felt like that when the river closed down four years ago that we had been on the last of it and it was all over. And, that our children, our grandchildren would never get to experience what I got to experience during my years of river work. And, it coming back has been just. It's like going to heaven. It's like coming back to life, again.\"\u003cbr/\u003e23. Close Knowles playing banjo\u003cbr/\u003e24. Close Knowles' face as he plays banjo\u003cbr/\u003e25. Close Knowles picking banjo, zoom out as he finishes\u003cbr/\u003e26. Mid crewmember knocking on stateroom door for turn down service\u003cbr/\u003e27. Pan crew member turning down bed and putting next day's agenda on bed\u003cbr/\u003e28. Zoom in on agenda\u003cbr/\u003ePaducah, Kentucky - November 6, 2012\u003cbr/\u003e29. Pan of murals on Paducah flood wall\u003cbr/\u003e30. Mid mural showing downtown Paducah during its hey-day\u003cbr/\u003e31. Wide of same part of Paducah now, showing closed theatre, empty buildings and street\u003cbr/\u003e32. Close marquee of decaying theatre\u003cbr/\u003e33. Pan from empty ticket booth to chained doors on theatre\u003cbr/\u003e34. Pan of more prosperous area near waterfront with both open business and empty storefronts\u003cbr/\u003e35. Close of antique shop \u003cbr/\u003e36. Mid of Queen of the Mississippi passenger looks at items for sale in store\u003cbr/\u003e37. Close antique portrait \u003cbr/\u003e38. Close of necklace passenger is purchasing\u003cbr/\u003e39. Mid passenger and store owner talking, passenger puts money on counter\u003cbr/\u003e37. Close of money on counter, zoom out as store owner hands over bagged necklace\u003cbr/\u003e38. SOUNDBITE (English): Fowler Black, Convention and Visitors Bureau Sales Director:\u003cbr/\u003e\"It's an impact, especially on our downtown. Though they are not staying in our hotels, they are here with us for an entire day, mostly. And, when you consider that, let's say they spend $60 per person, that can be up to a $50,000 dollar impact on the destination as a whole.\"\u003cbr/\u003e39. Pan from tourists to quilt\u003cbr/\u003e40. Close tourists looking at quilt\u003cbr/\u003e41. Pan quilts\u003cbr/\u003e42. SOUNDBITE (English): Sally Dalrymple, Passenger from Gothenburg, Nebraska\u003cbr/\u003e\"If you are driving, you tend to come in on the main street. Possibly, you find the old historic district, possibly you don't. But, on the riverboat, the town sprung up from the river, so you're really seeing the old buildings, old history.\"\u003cbr/\u003eMemphis, Tennessee - November 10, 2012\u003cbr/\u003e43. Wide of Queen of the Mississippi cruising down river in afternoon sun\u003cbr/\u003e44. Close paddlewheel as Queen of the Mississippi cruises away\u003cbr/\u003eThe graceful riverboats that once steamed down the Mississippi River during the Victorian era are back afloat. \u003cbr/\u003eFour years ago the river effectively closed down but now it's back in business.\u003cbr/\u003eThe Mississippi River town of Alton, Illinois, is again seeing a piece of its historic identity. \u003cbr/\u003eStarting just over 200 years ago, paddleboats spread across America's rivers from the East Coast to the west. They extended trade, stoked settlement and helped build the cultural identity of America.\u003cbr/\u003eThe age of steam gave us a lasting image of America's great river, the Mississippi and inspired the American author Mark Twain's novels about Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn. In the early 1900s, modern technology started pushing steam paddle wheeler to the sidelines. But the paddle wheeler was kept on as a tourist draw until 2008, when the last cruise company sank into bankruptcy.\u003cbr/\u003eBut now the paddle wheelers are back.  In 2012, the newly renovated American Queen steamship returned to the river under a new cruise line. And the newly built Queen of the Mississippi started cruises for American Cruise Lines.\u003cbr/\u003eThe 150-passenger boat has the look of an old time steamship, but is anything but old. A bright red paddle wheel, smoke stacks and colourful trim create ambience. But, modern communications and navigation technology bring the boat into the 21st century. \u003cbr/\u003eCaptain Max Taber deftly guides the boat, using computerised controls and GPS devices to track the Queen of the Mississippi's location, navigation hazards and even the location of every other ship on the river. \u003cbr/\u003e\"We wanted to bring back all the nostalgia. Look just like a riverboat, but in combination with really getting a comfortable five-star experience. Because of that, we have blended the old with the new, so along with that paddlewheel, which drives the ship from the back of the boat, we've also added in modern propulsion as well, so that the ship is smoother, quieter and faster, \" Taber explains.\u003cbr/\u003ePassengers pay a tidy sum for a cruise, starting at nearly 4-thousand US Dollars (3-thousand Euros) per person for a week long cruise. They cite many aspects of the cruise as motivation for the pricey vacation, but chief among the attractions is the history of the river. \u003cbr/\u003eAmerican Cruise Lines deploys a historian, known as a Riverlorian on each cruise. Throughout the weeklong trip from St. Louis, Missouri, to Memphis, Tennessee, Jim Williams holds talks about the history of steamships, biology and geology along the Mississippi and its tributaries and insights into the culture that grew up around the great river.\u003cbr/\u003e\"There's a lot here. There's old history, there's new history. There's the current economics. There's the towns, the Civil War, slavery. Going back to various ice ages. I mean, it's whatever is intriguing you at a given point of the day, wherever you are at. That information is here. More than you can almost take in,\" says passenger Danny Markoe of California.\u003cbr/\u003eMany passengers enjoy watching the modern commerce on the river as well, with tow boats pushing long lines of barges loaded with everything from grain to coal.\u003cbr/\u003eWilliams says the cruises, with stops in small riverside towns, help passengers see a side of the country they would never see otherwise:\u003cbr/\u003e\"These boats are back on the river and giving people an experience that takes them back to the good old days. When you're on one of these boats, you're slowing down. You're not going 70 miles an hour down the expressway to the next place you're going to look at. You're just cruising along and enjoying the beautiful riversides and the small towns. It's just a wonderful experience. And, I just think it's something that gets in your blood.\"\u003cbr/\u003eAnd the cruise gives passengers a taste of the culture and music the showboats promoted and spread along the rivers. \u003cbr/\u003eDan Knowles spent decades giving 60-70 shows a year on the riverboats before the cruises stopped in 2008. Based in Paris, Tennessee, Knowles has made his life along the region's Mississippi, Ohio and Tennessee rivers. The return of two passenger riverboats has meant a lot to him and his band, which includes his son on bass. \u003cbr/\u003e\"Honestly, I felt like that when the river closed down four years ago that we had been on the last of it and it was all over. And, that our children, our grandchildren would never get to experience what I got to experience during my years of river work. And, it coming back has been just. It's like going to heaven. It's like coming back to life, again.\"\u003cbr/\u003eHis banjo playing is a taste of the region's history and musical culture - a sound distinctive from the jazz and blues music that also grew up around the river. \u003cbr/\u003eThe boat's journey hits many small towns along the Mississippi and the Ohio Rive, while offering upscale accommodations. Each night, the turn-down service leaves a schedule for the next day's on-shore excursions to sample the local flavour and attractions in places passengers might never hear of otherwise.\u003cbr/\u003ePaducah, Kentucky, is about 30 miles (48 kilometres) up the Ohio River from where it meets the Mississippi. \u003cbr/\u003eIts floodwall is decorated with colourful murals showing historic images of the town and its people. One panel shows a stretch of the river town's main street during a prosperous time in the middle of the last century. Today, the same vantage point shows the economic changes of the last decades, with the historic theatre shuttered and many storefronts empty. \u003cbr/\u003eBut a few blocks closer to the riverfront is a different picture, with more traffic, shops and restaurants. The return of the riverboats can bring much-needed business. Before the riverboats stopped in 2008, the local Convention and Visitors Bureau (CVB) says there were about 40 cruises passing through the town a year. \u003cbr/\u003eAnd now, boats are coming back, dropping potential customers right downtown. Little stores, like this antique shop see a direct impact. And, shop owners say the arrival of the riverboats even seems to spur locals to look at the riverside area differently and visit more frequently. \u003cbr/\u003eFowler Black of the CVB says over a season, Paducah is likely to see about five or six visits by the Queen of the Mississippi. And that spending can add up.\u003cbr/\u003e\"It's an impact, especially on our downtown. Though they are not staying in our hotels, they are here with us for an entire day, mostly. And, when you consider that, let's say they spend $60 per person, that can be up to a $50,000 dollar impact on the destination as a whole.\"\u003cbr/\u003eAdd another half-dozen visits by the American Queen, which can hold more than 430 passengers, and Paducah is quite happy to see the riverboats return. \u003cbr/\u003eAn added benefit is the evangelical nature of tourists who stop in town. With the National Quilt Museum and a thriving arts scene, Paducah aims to attract tourists from around the world. And, word of mouth from visitors who've seen the town's charm is priceless. \u003cbr/\u003ePassengers like Sally Dalrymple of Gothenburg, Nebraska, say entering town from a boat makes a lasting impression. \u003cbr/\u003e\"If you are driving, you tend to come in on the main street. 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