7995 x 6457 px | 67,7 x 54,7 cm | 26,7 x 21,5 inches | 300dpi
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The Robert E. Lee, nicknamed the "Monarch of the Mississippi, " was a steamboat built in New Albany, Indiana in 1866. The hull was designed by DeWitt Hill, and cost $200, 000 to build. It was named for the great Confederate general Robert E. Lee, and gained its greatest fame for beating the then-current Natchez in an 1870 steamboat race. In 1870 it won a famed steamboat race against the Natchez VI, going from St. Louis, Missouri to New Orleans, a distance of 1, 154 miles (1, 857 km), in 3 days, 18 hours and 14 minutes. John W. Cannon, the captain of the Lee, ensured victory by removing excess weight, not allowing passengers, and prearranged barges to increase the speed of refueling. The Natchez VI finished the race with the speed of 3 days, 21 hours and 58 minutes, but was delayed by a sandbar for six hours, and had numerous passengers to weigh it down.
