Our adventures out in Kansas led us to Kansas City. We decided to venture into a museum of a recovered sunken steam boat. The Arabia was leaving St Louis in September and would end up in Sioux City Missouri before the civil war. It carried tons of supplies to the north for the winter. It was compared to a small Walmart. A family and a few friends decided to research steamboats as a hobby. One thing led to another and they found the steamboat buried in a field. They used their own money for this project. The first things they found were dishes. From then on it was "game on". Everything they found that had survived underground had to be froze until it could slowly be thawed out in their lab. It is much more detailed than that and very interesting. Leaving at the beach I am use to hearing about salt water treasures. Fresh water treasure involve a totally different salvage process. It was all very interesting and I encourage all to go if you are in the area. Here is a link below for your reading pleasures.
http://steamboats.com/museum/arabia.html
Arabia paddle wheel
They said there were barrels of whiskey that were never found.
This map shows where the Missouri river was then and in the 1980's
when they started looking for the ship.
It was found in a man's field and he wanted part of what ever they found. They
found so much stuff that they built a museum.
This is the front of the ship. It is the biggest piece they found.
Dishes
pans and such
knives
boots and shoes. The poor people up stream. A winter
without supplies.
Kyle looking at knives. Back away!
tools
more tools - somethings never change.
information for the lab
things before the lab
This is like the snag that sunk the steamboat.
engine
The only casualty was a mule that was left tied up as the people were
evacuating the ship.
Part of the group. And yes we behaved!
2 comments:
That was a very interesting trip. We enjoyed it. Largest pre-Civil War collection.
I think Duane would love seeing all that....me too. Looks very interesting!
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