Steamboat Regatta
The Daily Commonwealth, Wednesday, September 27, 1882, page 4
The steamboat which took today at 10 o'clock was a grand affair. Some thirty streamers were in line. Many of them with small cannon with which they saluted the Barracks at Newport as they passed up the river. They were all decked with the American flag and thousands of people were on board. The banks of the river on the Covington-Newport and Ohio sides were lined with people to see the first real steamboat parade that ever took place in this section on the Ohio river. Two thousand Covingtonians witnessed it from the bank from the river, and quite a large delegation were aboard the steamers.
The Barracks at Newport had a battery placed and fired a salute as each boat passed. The fleet went up the river five miles, as per order of the Admiral; returning passed down the river five miles and returned to the Public Landing, and not a single accident. It was a credit to the steamboat men and will long be remembered by all who witnessed it.