What happened to Mike Finks?
What happened to Mike Finks? The 81-year-old boat turned restaurant remains moored to the riverfront of Dayton, Kentucky, right next to the floating haunted house U.S.S. Nightmare. It's a remnant of a different time in Cincinnati dining history. The boat was built in 1936 and operated as a restaurant on Cincinnati's Public Landing until 1967. Is Mike Fink a real person? Mike Fink, (born 1770/80, Fort Pitt [now Pittsburgh], Pa. [U.S.]—died 1823, Fort Henry? [North Dakota]), American keelboatman of the Old West, who became the legendary hero of the American tall tale. As a youth Fink won fame as a...