Record #:

23055

Author(s):

Swain, Leigh

Abstract:

Showboats were a popular form of entertainment in river and coastal towns during the nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries. Since the Eastern North Carolina infrastructure developed more slowly than other parts of the country, showboating was popular into the 1940s. One boat in particular, the James Adams Floating Theatre, toured North Carolina ports, including Hertford, Plymouth, Edenton, Columbia, and Bath.

Source:

Tar Heel Junior Historian (NoCar F 251 T3x), Vol. 54 Issue 2, Spring 2015, p20-21, il, por

Subject(s):

River boats