The Delta Queen sternwheeler is in town anchored at the NLR Riverfront Park today and will be back in a few days.  She will return next year and that that may be her swan song.  If the Delta Queeen does not get an exemption from Congress to operate, 2008 will be her last year on the rivers of this country. So take the kids down to see her.  A real operating sternwheeler that is a living part of history.  Soon you may only be able to see her in museum.

The distant sound of the Delta Queen calliope playing as she docks is one of the sweet sounds that are distictive to this neighborhood,  Some of the other unique neighborhood sounds are the Arkansas Queen horn,  the trolley whistle and rumbling sounds, distant Union Pacific train whistles, the ballpark announcer when the wind is blowing right and the occasional concert on the river.  What are your favorite Argenta sounds?

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