By the 1850s several palatial steamboats were visiting the town as a regular stop on the Mobile to Columbus, Mississippi route along the Tombigbee. These included the "Forest Monarch", "Alice Vivian", and the ill-fated "Eliza Battle". Several others were dedicated almost exclusively to Demopolis and the cotton trade, including the "Allen Glover", "Canebrake", "Cherokee", "Demopolis", "Frank Lyon", "Marengo", and the "Mollie Glover". Major hotels during this same period included the Planter's Hotel, later known as Madison House Hotel, and the River Hotel.