WH Dickhoner

I had to go up the river this past weekend to see some family in from Mississippi. On the way up, I saw the towboat W.H. Dickhoner at Point Pleasant. A week ago, coming down the river on the Ohio side, I saw the towboat Omar between Crown City and Miller. Back in the goodle days (as John Hartford called them) when I lived along the Ohio River, I remember seeing those boats from time to time. Back then they were owned by Ohio River Co. Now they're owned by Ingram. The Omar and the Omega were two Ohio River Co. boats I particularly liked. They had different engines and propeller systems. When they went by, the vibrations from those things rocked your house and your windows. Really. It was like one of the cars with the boom-boom-boom bass systems that give you a headache, only much more powerful. I understand the Omar and the Omega (since renamed) have been repowered and they might not talk to the windows the way they used to.