The River: Shantyboatin' is a state of mind. . .and my shantyboat dreaming takes me to amazing places - User-generated content

By Captain Don SandersSpecial to NKyTribune“What’d you want to do with your life you never got to do.”“I wanted to be a shantyboat man.”Shantyboatin’s a state of mind.

Joe is quite an artist in the old sense in that he creates art with paint, pencils, markers, and such.

Elk River, Charleston, WV Late 30- Early 40s.”When someone asked Jim H. if he actually remembered living on the Charleston shanty-houseboat, he enthusiastically summed up the post with this reply:“Oh, gosh yes!

He learned to fly an airplane before he learned to drive a “machine” and became a captain in the USAF.

Now, he is a columnist for the NKyTribune and will share his stories of growing up in Covington and his stories of the river.

Published On: Sun, 28 Mar 2021 22:30:00 GMT