The Delta Queen at the Newport Landing    The Greene Line Steamers at Cincinnati 1934 The Gordon C. Greene   The H K Bedford at the Newport Landing The H.K. Bedford H.K. Bedford in the ice Read the story of the H.K. Bedford here.  The last docking of the Delta Queen at Newport in the 1960's Read more about the Greene Line steamers on the River History page.    Letter dated September 2, 2005 Written by Wm. V. Torner:   Capt. Gordon C. Greene founded Greene Line Steamers in 1890 at Newport, operating his first steamboat the H. K. BEDFORD from the Newport Warfboat. Capt. Tom Greene has landed the DELTA QUEEN at the landing and taken the passengers on a walking tour past the house where his father Gordon C. was born and to the Newport Cemetery where generations of Greenes are buried.  Other times when the DELTA QUEEN passed Newport, Captain Tom would blow a whistle salute.  Since Tom died the DELTA QUEEN passes Newport without recognition of the historical significance of the place to the boat.  Greene Line Steamers became the Delta Queen Steamboat Company and advertises “Since 1890” which is deliberately misleading. The DELTA QUEEN was built in 1925-1926 and went into service inn 1927.  In 1976 the MISSISSIPPI QUEEN came out new, and the AMERICAN QUEEN about 1995.  The three QUEENS that make up the Delta Queen Steamboat Company fleet are all in service in 2005 making 115 years of continuous steamboating attributable to the Captains Gordon C. Greene, Mary B. Greene, Christopher B. Greene and Thomas R. Greene.

We are pleased to share 2008 photos of the Delta Queen, sent to us by Anita Merritt, from her trip to the Kentucky Derby.      Boots Martin of Newport   Boots Martin, Anita Merritt, Janet, and Charlotte