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UPCOMING EVENTS:

No events are currently scheduled, so this would be the perfect time for your organization to contact Maggie to set a date for your program!. steamboatgranny@yahoo.com

Bringing the Past to Life
River Stories from a Steamboat Captain's Wife

Maggie Gilbert, aka "Steamboat Granny", portrays Pelagie LaBarge, wife of Captain Joseph LaBarge, in programs designed to bring the past to life with stories of Missouri or Osage River steamboat adventure and history. Not only does Maggie present an overview of river history, she also strives to include information specific to the locale where she is speaking, making each program unique. Audiences of all ages have enjoyed the programs which include an opportunity for audience participation in a question and answer session.

To arrange Pelagie's visit to your group, please contact us steamboatgranny@yahoo.com.

Past Speaking Engagements include:

"A TRIP BACK IN TIME: THE MISSOURI RIVER, STEAMBOATS, AND ST. JOSEPH"
Pony Express Museum 'Tuesday Night Talks'--2008

"Osage River Steamboats"  Truman Visitors Center Auditorium, Warsaw, MO

"Steamboats of the Osage"  Benton County Historical Society, Warsaw, Missouri

"Missouri River Steamboats and the Search for Your Ancestors"
Northwest Missouri Genealogy Society, St. Joseph, Missouri

A Brief History of Steamboating on the Missouri
Doniphan County, Kansas Historical Society--2011