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

The news that I, and many other friends and former crew mates of Ed “Seth” Smith, eagerly awaited finally arrived. An email from Dean R. Millius read, “Cap’n Don, Ed got in!!! He got a ton of votes.” What Mr. Millius was referring to, of course, was the recent selection of Ed Smith into the National Rivers Hall of Fame located at the National Mississippi River Museum and Aquarium in Dubuque, Iowa.

The late Ed Smith began his long career on the river aboard the art deco-style sidewheeler ADMIRAL in St. Louis, Missouri. Most likely, Mr. Smith

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