The riverboat captain is a storyteller. 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 Capt. Don Sanders

Special to NKyTribune

October 2025 may go into the astronomical archives as the “Month of Comets.” Astronomers say at least a record number of seven celestial visitors are swarming our Solar System this month. But down on Planet Earth, residents of the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers, from New Orleans to Cincinnati, witnessed a fluvial visitation of the “Crescent City Comet,” the Steamboat NATCHEZ, as she raced to and from the recent River Roots festival in the Queen City.

Last week’s column described the excitement generated along the inland waterways, from Natchez

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