Riley Powell:
CLASS OF 1967
Doniphan High SchoolClass of 1967
Doniphan, MO
University of Missouri - Law EnforcementClass of 1971
Columbia, MO
Naylor High SchoolClass of 1967
Naylor, MO
Riley's Story
Life
I've been a Mississippi Riverboat pilot/captain since 1979, pushing barges on the Mississippi, Ohio and Illinois Rivers.I've worked for Federal Barge Lines and Orgulf Transport Co. after they bought Federal.
I did a couple of years in the Marine Corps and was stationed in southern California and Hawaii. I'm a member of the American Legion post near Naylor, of the AARP and of the National Rifle Assoc.My cell 314-378-0910, home 334-793-7094, 1711 Westover Dr. in Dothan, Al. 36303-5628.
School
I attended the first six grades at the now closed school in Oxly. I attended the 7th, 8th and 9th grades at Naylor and my 10th and 11th grades at Doniphan. After a stint in the Marine Corps, I accumulated some college credits from U.MO. Columbia and N.W. MO. State Kirksville.
College
Took law enforcement extension classes from N.W. MO. State - Kirksville and attended a few classes at U. MO. - Columbia while working as a police officer for the city of Columbia. Didn't obtain a degree.
Workplace
At graduation, I was working summers aboard river tow-boats on...Expand for more
the Mississippi, Illinois and Ohio Rivers, moving barges loaded with freight which was mostly grain and chemicals. After graduation, I worked for Holland Stave Co. in Doniphan for a year or so and then enlisted in the Marine Corps. Discharged in 1971 and went to work in Columbia, Mo., as a policeman. Quit that around 1974 and started working in construction for a year or so, then foolishly bought a tractor-trailer rig to work for myself and get rich quick. Went back to riverboats and barges around 1978 and have been a captain for 24 years for Orgulf Transport Co.< Midland Enterprises < Ingram Industries. Largest tow moved was 62 barges (only 10 were loaded) north bound on the Lower Mississippi River. Routinely move 42 loaded barges south bound between Cairo, IL., and New Orleans, with a total gross tonnage of around 90,000 to 100,000 gross tons on a 9,000 horse power twin screw towboat, the motor vessel Justin T. Rogers.
Military
In bootcamp, I was assigned to platoon 3318.
In Hawaii, I was assigned to the MABS 24 message center at MCAS Kaneohe Bay.
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