American Queen pays a visit to downtown Cape Girardeau

Thursday, October 20, 2016

A look of inside and out of the American Queen steamboat as it docked downtown Cape Girardeau Thursday, Oct. 20, 2016.

A passenger walks aboard the American Queen Thursday, Oct. 20, 2016 during the riverboat's stop in downtown Cape Girardeau. (Andrew J. Whitaker)
Pam Schwarz from Pasadena, California reads off of her electronic device in the Ladies' Parlor in the American Queen Thursday, Oct. 20, 2016 during the riverboat's stop in downtown Cape Girardeau. (Andrew J. Whitaker)
A view of the Sun Deck of the American Queen Thursday, Oct. 20, 2016 during the riverboat's stop in downtown Cape Girardeau. (Andrew J. Whitaker)
A view of the paddle wheel of the American Queen Thursday, Oct. 20, 2016 during the riverboat's stop in downtown Cape Girardeau. (Andrew J. Whitaker)

Hope Lovering and her husband Allen read the USA today newspapers in the Mark Twain room in the American Queen Thursday, Oct. 20, 2016 during the riverboat's stop in downtown Cape Girardeau. (Andrew J. Whitaker)
American flags hang over the bow side of the American Queen Thursday, Oct. 20, 2016 during the riverboat's stop in downtown Cape Girardeau. (Andrew J. Whitaker)
Bernie Fisher from Wilmington, Delaware catches up on his post cards in the Chart Room of the American Queen Thursday, Oct. 20, 2016 during the riverboat's stop in downtown Cape Girardeau. (Andrew J. Whitaker)
Bertrand Suarez a pilot for the American Queen sits in the Pilot House Thursday, Oct. 20, 2016 during the riverboat's stop in downtown Cape Girardeau. (Andrew J. Whitaker)
Passengers take their bikes off of the American Queen Thursday, Oct. 20, 2016 during the riverboat's stop in downtown Cape Girardeau. (Andrew J. Whitaker)

Passengers sit in the Gentleman's Card Room of the American Queen Thursday, Oct. 20, 2016 during the riverboat's stop in downtown Cape Girardeau. (Andrew J. Whitaker)
A tea set in on display in the Ladies' Parlor of the American Queen Thursday, Oct. 20, 2016 during the riverboat's stop in downtown Cape Girardeau. (Andrew J. Whitaker)
Pipes from the calliope of the American Queen is seen on Thursday, Oct. 20, 2016 during the riverboat's stop in downtown Cape Girardeau. (Andrew J. Whitaker)
A view in the Ladies' Parlor of the American Queen Thursday, Oct. 20, 2016 during the riverboat's stop in downtown Cape Girardeau. (Andrew J. Whitaker)
A view of the staircase in the American Queen Thursday, Oct. 20, 2016 during the riverboat's stop in downtown Cape Girardeau. (Andrew J. Whitaker)
Musicians rehearse in the theater of the American Queen Thursday, Oct. 20, 2016 during the riverboat's stop in downtown Cape Girardeau. (Andrew J. Whitaker)
A view of Engine Room Bar of the American Queen Thursday, Oct. 20, 2016 during the riverboat's stop in downtown Cape Girardeau. (Andrew J. Whitaker)
Inside of the Pilot House of the American Queen Thursday, Oct. 20, 2016 during the riverboat's stop in downtown Cape Girardeau. (Andrew J. Whitaker)
The American Queen Thursday, Oct. 20, 2016 during the riverboat's stop in downtown Cape Girardeau. (Andrew J. Whitaker)
Smoke towers from the American Queen Thursday, Oct. 20, 2016 during the riverboat's stop in downtown Cape Girardeau. (Andrew J. Whitaker)