America’s River Roots celebrates Cincinnati’s steamboat era, which helped build up the Queen City. Take a look back in history.

People line up to take a cruise on the Belle of Cincinnati on the first day of America's River Roots Festival on Oct. 8, 2025. America’s River Roots Festival is underway in Cincinnati and Northern ...

The Ohio River’s Inaugural River Roots Festival will be one of the greatest gatherings not only of riverboats in the 21st century, but also of riverboat captains. Old hands from the Tall Stacks era ...

CINCINNATI (WXIX) - The nation’s first America’s River Roots Festival officially kicked off Tuesday afternoon with a celebration at the Public Landing. The 4:30 p.m. ceremony was held on the second ...

New Orleans' own Steamboat Natchez is in Cincinnati for America's River Roots Festival. The iconic vessel may cruise the Mississippi, but one of its most prominent features hails from the Queen City.

Riverboats are starting to gather along the Ohio riverfront, gearing up for America's River Roots festival next weekend.The America's River Roots festival, sponsored by First Financial, will be a four ...

The Ohio River will be teeming with riverboats, as America’s River Roots launches the country’s 250th birthday. Cincinnati relied on the Ohio River to take root and blossom as the fastest-growing city ...