The Great steamboat race

"The 1870 steamboat race between the Natchez and the Robert E. Lee on the Mississippi River is relived in the present with a race between the Delta Queen and the Mississippi Queen. Recounts the history of the steamboats which took cotton from plantations to New Orleans and helped give the South a foundation on which to build its economy."@en
"Through historic footage and rare photographs you will experience what life was like on the river back in the heydey of the steamboat. Through the eyes of those who live on the Mississippi today, you will discover how the steamboat has affected our lives."
"The 1870 steamboat race between the Natchez and the Robert E. Lee on the Mississippi River is relived in the present with a race between the Delta Queen and the Mississippi Queen. Discusses the history of steamboats."@en
"Through the words and memories of young Jinny William, we will travel up the Mississippi River during the great steamboat race of 1870. Along the way we learn how a simple experiment by Robert Fulton in 1811 grew into one of the most important forms of transportation in America."@en