Steamboat Coming! Mark Twain Living History by Brian Fox Ellis

Date(s):

4/2/2023 4/2/2023

Time(s):

1 p.m. -2 p.m.

Description:

Steamboat 'Coming' is a medley of songs and stories by Mark Twain and other riverboat pilots and roustabouts who made the river their home. Travel the Illinois River through time and meet steamboat Captain Henry Detweiller, a friend of Abraham Lincoln and rival to Mark Twain. Storyteller Brian "Fox" Ellis shares the stories of Twain, Lincoln, and life on the Illinois River in the mid-1800s.

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Event Type:

Cultural Resources; Entertainment; Education/schools; Family Event; Historic Site; History; Indoor Event; Reenactment; State Parks

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