KING OF THE MISSISSIPPI 1870 

Reminiscent of Mark Twain’s famous Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn, this authentic Mississippi Paddlewheel Steamboat takes you back in time. This exquisite steamboat, also known as a steamer or steamship, is a wooden model replica of the steam powered ships typically driven by a propeller or paddlewheel.

 The famous paddle-wheel steamboats of the 19th and 20th centuries ruled the Mississippi River trade period. Unfortunately, very few of these magnificent ships survive today due to painful destruction by boiler explosions and fires.