In 1952 The Hannah Kildahl was constructed as a sightseeing boat to tour the water ways of Milwaukee Wisconsin. she originally had what looked like bus seats that were placed in whats now the dining area and in the bow where the bar is today. Many features were added over the many years she spent in Milwaukee including windows mounted in the roof so passengers could look at the skyscrapers as they motored along.

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After many years in Milwaukee she was sold in the early 1970s  to a tour boat company in

Still water Nebraska. There is where they removed the glass in the roof  added the spiral staircase, railing to now the upper deck, installed the bar in the bow and renamed the Zebulon Pike. She was ran there for a few years then moved to the Arkansas river in Arkansas . After a short time of being in the Little Rock area she was then lifted out of the water and fabrication was done to mover across land to table rock lake in Missouri.

The Fabrication done to move her consisted of welding heavy duty axles to her hull and a jig made to her bow so she could be towed  behind a International COE to Indian Point.

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For many years she operated at Indian Point under two owners. She was still used as an excursion boat that offered two cruises a day the last one being a dinner cruise. Sadly the last captain of her was not one to take the best care of her mechanically that eventually resulted to him running the port engine out of oil and spinning a bearing. The engine was then replaced with a new Cummins 855 CI 220 hp diesel somewhere in the early 1980s. Then shortly after replacing the engine the generator set was damaged and replaced with her current generator set. Finally  the port propeller was shucked off and forever lost. With all of his mechanical issues and his bad reputation of not paying his vendors the Zebulon Pike was abandoned and was left to rust away. 

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The Zeb may have been repaired and used again but with the construction of the 300 foot Branson Belle she had no chance to compete.  So she was towed to Cricket Creek Arkansas and tied to their boat dock where she would sit for two decades.      ​​​

 

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