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Shantyboat home in Felton California
Shantyboat home in Felton California. Benzy has to lift the…
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Shantyboat in the Paducah Labor Day Parade
Shantyboat in the Paducah Labor Day Parade. Nathan Lynn playing…
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Lowertown Paducah kiln firing
Lowertown Sunday kiln firing with Mitch Kimball
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Looking through the Mary Wheeler collection at the Paducah Library
Looking through the Mary Wheeler collection at the McCracken County…
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Rev Kempton Baldridge one of a few chaplains for more than 4000 towboats
Rev Kempton Baldridge one of a few chaplains for more…
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Shantyboat On display
Shantyboat On display today and tomorrow. Open House 10-2pm Saturday…
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Bruce Walker king of the bar-b-Que in north Paducah
Bruce Walker king of the bar-b-Que in north Paducah at…
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David Nickell talks about his family history in the Land Between the Rivers
David Nickell talks about his family history in the Land…
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Merryman Kemp founder of Merryman House
Maryman Kemp founder of Maryman House, a shelter for survivors…
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Louie Kirchhoff baker in Paducah for 75 years
Louie Kirchhoff who has lived in Paducah for 75 years,…
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Nathan Blake Lynn, musician, historian, and amateur folk musicologist
Nathan Blake Lynn, musician, historian, and amateur folk musicologist. Interview…
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African glass beads at the Paducah Farmers Market
African glass beads at Melanie and Erileigh's stall at the…
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Shantyboat from Founder’s Room at the River Discovery Center
Shantyboat seen through the windows of the Founder's Room at…
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My favorite Secret History paparazzi photo
My favorite Secret History paparazzi photo. Back from the Benzy…
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Adrian playing dress up
Adrian playing dress up. He already had the radio on…
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Oh no! Freddie’s transmission died in the middle of Lake Kentucky
Oh no! We lost the rest of Freddie's transmission in…
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Old Danville Grain Elevator submerged by the inundated Tennessee River
Old Danville Grain Elevator submerged by the inundated Tennessee River…
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Our first volunteer fish dinner
Our first volunteer fish dinner! When we to hop in…
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Two Weeks in Paducah, Kentucky
Join us in Paducah Kentucky for a two week long…
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Storm looming above the shantyboat
Storm looming above the shantyboat. Photo by Adrian Nankivell
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Not everyone knows it’s good luck to pass under a train bridge
Not everyone knows it's good luck to pass under a…
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David “Scoop” Anderson who worked on riverboats and towboats for years
Davis "Scoop" Anderson who worked on riverboats and rowboats for…
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Shantyboat in the secret abandoned MARINA OF THE DAMNED
Shantyboat in the secret abandoned marina of the planet of…
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Dramatic skies over the shantyboat on the Tennessee River [VIDEO & PANORAMA]
Dramatic skies over the shantyboat on the Tennessee River near…
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We learn to read the river: this beautiful herringbone pattern precedes larger wind waves
We learn to read the river: this beautiful herringbone pattern…
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Pete Selmeci who’s job is to fix big boats and move them around
Pete Selmeci who's job is to fix big boats and…
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Lost at the rainy end of the world! Next episode of the SHANTYBOAT GUYS [VIDEO]
Lost at the rainy end of the world! Next episode…
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Life without the internets! Next on the SHANTYBOAT GUYS [VIDEO]
Life without the internets! Next on the SHANTYBOAT GUYS
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Barges in the mist
Barges in the mist. People ask us constantly if the…
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The folks at Clifton Marina treated us super decently
The folks at Clifton Marina treated us super decently. Say…
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An afternoon roadtrip on Tennessee back roads [VIDEO]
An afternoon roadtrip on Tennessee back roads. Age and I…
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Jackie Irvin runs an opiate addiction program at Jabbok Refuge Center Church
Jackie Irvin who runs an opiate addiction program at Jabbok…
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The fish ain’t bitin next on the SHANTYBOAT GUYS [VIDEO]
The fish ain't bitin next on the SHANTYBOAT GUYS
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Serious beverage situation on the next episode of the SHANTYBOAT GUYS [VIDEO]
Serious beverage situation on the next episode of the SHANTYBOAT…
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Main St of Saltillo leads right down a boat ramp to the river
Captivating on several levels. Main St of Saltillo leads right…
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Roger Lard, fisherman near Savannah TN
Roger Lard, fisherman near Savannah TN, trotline trays in the…
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Living the shantyboaters celebrity lifestyle upriver at a local party beach
After our thorough ten-minute tour of Savannah Tennessee, we went…
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Shantyboat bloody marys for three days provided by generous folks
Shantyboat bloody marys for three days provided by our generous…
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Jabbok Refuge Center Church service just a few doors down from the Tennessee River Museum
Jabbok Refuge Center Church service. Just a few doors down…
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At Tennessee River Museum in Savannah TN the history of Black people is completely erased
Tennessee River Museum in Savannah TN, like many river museums…
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The landscape where one of the great battles of the American Civil War was fought
Pittsburg Landing, the landscape where one of the great battles…
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Hazel dog on the way to Cyprus Creek [VIDEO]
@GoodDogHazel on the way to Cyprus Creek
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The Delta Mariner that carries rocket parts back and forth between Cape Canaveral and Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsvile
The Delta Mariner a vessel unlike any we've seen passes…
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Rooster’s Dogs & Burgers surrounded by hundreds of boats attending a strange boat-in only concert in Northern Mississippi
Rooster's Dogs & Burgers surrounded by hundreds of boats attending…
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Shantyboat out of place at the Grand Harbor on Pickwick Lake
Shantyboat out of place at the grand Harbor on Pickwick…
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Shantyboat in high seas on the Tennessee River [VIDEO]
Shantyboat in high seas on the Tennessee River
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Hazel got scalded when an enormous yacht knocked a pot of boiling water off the stove
Hazel got scalded when an enormous yacht came by close…
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A Butch Anthony joins Jesus in the Jeremiah Daniels Executive Washroom Gallery
A Butch Anthony joins Jesus in the Jeremiah Daniels Executive…
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Captured by pirates!
Captured by pirates! Mark and Rachel board the shantyboat and…
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Tori Bailey of WZZA Soul Radio
We very nearly interviewed Tori Bailey, possibly the busiest person…
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Anita Cobb knows her family history going back before emancipation
Interview with Anita Cobb, who knows her detailed family history…
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Robert Francil, 4th generation fisherman
Interview with Robert Francil, 4th generation Florence commercial fisherman
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Looking for a used mandolin
Hey Florence friends: Adrian is looking for a used mandolin…
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Emma Lee Dean-Dykes Troup, openly trans woman in small town Alabama
Interview with Emma Lee Dean-Dyke Troup, openly trans woman in…
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Bob Perry, Chickasaw elder and Annie Perry, knowledgable about the history of the area
Interview with Bob & Annie Perry at Tuscumbia Landing. Bob…
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An interview with artist Butch Anthony literally sitting in Cypress Creek [AUDIO]
An interview with artist Butch Anthony literally sitting in Cypress…
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The Annie out of Lake Wheeler comes to visit us
The Annie out of Lake Wheeler comes to visit us…
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Robert Francil known locally as the fish guy
Robert Francil known locally as the fish guy. The sign…
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Shantyboat Dotty near the Old Railroad Bridge in Florence AL
Shantyboat Dotty near the Old Railroad Bridge in Florence AL.…
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Wes Modes at Secret History gallery talk
Wes Modes at Secret History gallery talk. Photo by @christi.britten
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Full house at the Kennedy Douglass Center for the Secret History gallery talk
Full house at the Kennedy Douglass Center for the Secret…
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Kathryn Boyd Rice, 94, regaled us with stories of life in Sheffield AL
Kathryn Boyd Rice, 94, regaled us with stories of life…
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Susan Stewart’s grandpa was chief clerk on a packet boat around 1910
Susan Stewart's grandpa was chief clerk on a packet boat…
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In a land of mostly dry fountains, Florence got it going on
In a land where the previous generations' civic hardscaping have…
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Care package from home!
Care package from back home! Thanks, Benzy @communistlesbiandiscoparty
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Tennessee River trash pouring out of the mouth of Sweetwater Creek
Tennessee River covered in trash ironically pouring out of the…
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Tiny tiny shantyboat 93 feet down at the bottom of Wilson Lock and Dam
Tiny tiny shantyboat 93 feet down at the bottom of…
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Cara introduced me to the concept of Meat and Two
Cara introduced me to the concept of Meat and 2.…
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When we boated up a creek to this little town, you’ll never believe what happened.
We boated up a creek as close to a nearby…
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Waiting for the crowds to subside, cocktail hour and dominos with Jeremiah
Waiting for the crowds to subside, cocktail hour and dominos…
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In the far away land of Alabama there are electrical outlets in public places
In the far away land of Alabama there are electrical…
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We thought we might fit under the train bridge at Decatur AL [VIDEO]
Train bridge Decatur AL. We thought at first we might…
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Passing the time with the song game on the way to Decatur
Passing the time with the song game on the way…
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Cocktail hour! Next on the Shantyboat Guys! [VIDEO]
Cocktail hour! Next on the Shantyboat Guys with @dudicusmaximus
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Thanks to Ditto Landing for hosting us in Huntsville
Thanks to Ditto Landing for hosting us in Huntsville, especially…
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Secret History interviewers interviewed
Secret History interviewers interviewed
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Doris Turner talked to us about her daddy who was a captain on the Guntersville and Huntsville steamboats hauling railroad cars 22 miles to Hobbs Island
Dorris Turner talked to us about her daddy who was…
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Coozies. You’re from California. You wouldn’t understand.
Coozies. You're from California. You wouldn't understand. @communistlesbiandiscoparty @slbenz
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Crazy rainstorm forces us off the river [PANORAMA]
Crazy rainstorm forces us off the river into a sheltered…
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My local service guys left out a seal and fried the gears.
The new motor we got from Jim Wade was not…
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Just your usual sunny day fishing rainstorm experience [VIDEO]
Just your usual sunny day fishing rainstorm experience
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Most epic bocce court. Ever
Most epic bocce court. Ever
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No worries. This is the lock that the US Army Corps said a decade ago could collapse due to aggregate problems and is long past its replacement date
No worries. This is the lock that the US Army…
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