Big River Magazine
July-August 2010
On the cover: The Geffert family owns and operates the Burger Boat in LeClaire, Iowa. If you find yourself near the LeClaire Canal on a weekend, stop by, grab a sandwich and say hi!
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Deck on Deck: Towboating in the Twin Cities by Capt. Bob Deck
These stories will entertain you as Bob Deck recalls his days as a deckhand on the Mississippi River.
Quad Cities Travel Guide and Lansing to LeClaire, Iowa, Travel Guide, by Dean Klinkenberg.
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Let Bob tell you! Read it all in Deck on Deck, a first-hand account of life on river towboats in the heyday of the 1970s and 80s.
By Capt. Bob Deck
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