Public Grief & Nostalgia

The announcement that the Mary Powell was going to be retired, and especially once it was announced that she would be scrapped, elicited a round of nostalgia and even public grief about the end of the beloved steamboat. Numerous newspaper articles charted her history, famous passengers, races, and personal anecdotes of travel on board her broad decks. Poetry eulogizing her “death” was written and published in local newspapers and magazines