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Fall River’s Borden family helped fund the company.  They were mainly known for their famous family member: Lizzie Borden. B was tried and acquitted of the axe murders of her father and stepmother… Cruise History – The Old Fall River Line – Everyone from presidents to swindlers sailed the Sound on ... Read More »

Cruise History – The Old Fall River Line – Everyone from presidents to swindlers sailed the Sound on “Mammoth Palace Steamers” in the heyday of the side wheelers and night boats.   The Fall River Line was a combination steamboat and railroad connection between New York City and Boston that operated ... Read More »

The Fall River Line was popularized by this famous song.  A romantic and engaging way to travel between New York and Boston.  It all began fittingly enough with Robert Fulton, who planned to vanquish Long Island Sound as he had the Hudson, even though he died, at an untimely fifty, ... Read More »