Horace Ezra Bixby (1826-1912) is a historic steamboat pilot who was captain to a young Sam Clemens. He is one of the hosts of the Liberty Belle Riverboat.
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Liberty Belle Riverboat[]
Bixby is one of the guides of this attraction.
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- On the Liberty Belle Riverboat, Bixby and his crew are referenced as knowing and/or being connected to the lore of various Disney properties:
- Sam is identified as having been childhood friends with Tom Sawyer, Huckleberry Finn and Joe Harper; his fictional creations.
- Clemens talks about Chickapin Hill and how it was turned into, "Splash Mountain" by a burst dam.
- Clemens also talks about the backstory to Big Thunder Mountain Railroad.
- Both Clemens and Bixby are familiar with, "Beacon Joe", a character from the Blue Bayou scene of Pirates of the Caribbean, with Clemens acknowledging his origins by saying, "Look whose drifted out of the bayou".
- The Powhatan tribe which the Liberty Belle encounters is implied to be the tribe of Pocahontas.
- Clemens talks about the lore of the Magic Kingdom's Haunted Mansion.