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Old 06-25-2012, 08:12 AM
 
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I chose to post this in the Mo General forum. So many Missourians don't read the Kansas City thread and all Mo. should go see it and they will have a great time.






Steamboat Arabia Museum in Kansas City offers look at Missouri



One of Steamboat Arabia’s two 28-foot-tall paddlewheels turns quietly in the lobby of the museum in downtown Kansas City




By Dave Woods Globe Staff Writer

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Florence “Flo” Hawley didn’t know what to think.

About 28 years ago, Bob Hawley, her husband, decided to dump the couple’s life savings into a search for the Steamboat Arabia. The vessel, a twin side-wheel steamer carrying 200 tons of cargo bound for the frontier, hit a snag and sank in the Missouri River in 1856.

Any rational wife would have said “No.”

Not Flo.
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Old 06-26-2012, 03:57 PM
 
Location: SW MO
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I chose to post this in the Mo General forum. So many Missourians don't read the Kansas City thread and all Mo. should go see it and they will have a great time.

Steamboat Arabia Museum in Kansas City offers look at Missouri

One of Steamboat Arabia’s two 28-foot-tall paddlewheels turns quietly in the lobby of the museum in downtown Kansas City

By Dave Woods Globe Staff Writer

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Florence “Flo” Hawley didn’t know what to think.

About 28 years ago, Bob Hawley, her husband, decided to dump the couple’s life savings into a search for the Steamboat Arabia. The vessel, a twin side-wheel steamer carrying 200 tons of cargo bound for the frontier, hit a snag and sank in the Missouri River in 1856.

Any rational wife would have said “No.”

Not Flo.
Thanks for posting it. Very interesting and something to see when we go.
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Old 06-26-2012, 05:21 PM
 
Location: SW MO
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I have seen it, and it is very interesting. The variety of cargo aboard was what amazed me. Who would have thought Venetian glass beads in that place and time?
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