{"id":311,"date":"2011-08-02T09:52:18","date_gmt":"2011-08-02T09:52:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.steamboatnatchez.com\/1973-2\/"},"modified":"2024-06-11T20:44:44","modified_gmt":"2024-06-11T20:44:44","slug":"1973-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.steamboatnatchez.com\/about\/timeline\/1973-2.html","title":{"rendered":"1973"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>1973<\/h2>\n<h3>Bill Dow, Pioneer of Riverfront Development<\/h3>\n<p>Bill Dow, whose family owned the Lake George Steamboat Company, came down from New York to attend a dry docking seminar in Mobile, AL. Afterward, instead of flying home, he was pulled to visit New Orleans, a city he\u2019d never visited. Bill walked out to the Mississippi River and saw the dilapidated Toulouse Street wharf, a disappointment considering the early days of this port city. Bill found the nearest payphone and called his father Wilbur E. Dow, Jr. , who was worried sick about his whereabouts, and said, \u201cDad, we need to put a steamboat here!\u201d The Dows were truly the pioneers of riverfront development in New Orleans. <em>(image was taken after renovation)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1973 Bill Dow, Pioneer of Riverfront Development Bill Dow, whose family owned the Lake George Steamboat Company, came down from New York to attend a dry docking seminar in Mobile, AL. Afterward, instead of flying home, he was pulled to visit New Orleans, a city he\u2019d never visited. 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