Delta King River Boat

The Delta King and her identical twin, the Delta Queen, were christened on May 20, 1927, and spent the next decade running overnight between San Francisco and Sacramento -- a ten-hour trip complete with Prohibition-era drinking, jazz bands, gambling, and fine dining. Roads and automobiles ended the riverboat era by the late 1930s, and after wartime service with the Navy the King was left to decay, sinking at her moorings in Richmond in 1981. She was raised the following year, towed to Old Sacramento in 1984, and reopened in 1989 after a five-year, $9 million restoration; she operates today as a hotel, theater, and restaurant on the waterfront. The theater is said to be haunted by the boat's original captain, seen by employees sitting in the balcony during performances, with footsteps heard above deck and a glass of water once spilled onto the sound booth's board by no visible hand. Staff have also described a giggling young girl who bounces a ball and leaves footprints along the deck.