The River: A look at the styles and types of riverboats that once navigated the nation’s western rivers

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

As I write this week’s river column, it’s not only Thursday; as the calendar shows, it is also Thanksgiving Day. Nationwide, “Turkey Day” remains a sacred day for most Americans ever since President Abraham Lincoln proclaimed its sanctity in 1863 as a merciless war raged within the nation.

Despite everything that’s happened in the past 162 years since Old Abe signed his signature to the legislation proclaiming the fourth Thursday of November a national holiday, this quiet day, today, November 27, gives me time to reflect on past Thanksgiving