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[Rookster]

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This ship sunk on the Missouri River.
The nickname of the Missouri is "Big Muddy", because it has a lot of silt.
The river has changed course numerous times due to flooding and ect..

In 1856, the Steamboat Arabia was frontier bound, loaded with supplies for 16 towns. With two hundred tons of precious cargo aboard, it left Kansas up the Missouri river on a routine trip, but waiting silently at the water’s surface, lost in the glare of the setting sun, was the thick trunk of a huge, fallen walnut tree lying directly in the path of the approaching steamboat. The lethal impact came without warning, piercing the thick hull of the steamer. Water poured through the gaping hole and the Arabia sank to the bottom of the Missouri River within minutes. Everyone on board miraculously swam to safety, except for one forgotten mule, tied to the deck. The boat quickly sank into the river bottom, with the mud and silt, and within a few days, it had disappeared entirely, swept away by the force of the river. Over time, the river shifted half a mile to the east and for 132 years, the boat lay hidden from the world, until it was finally discovered in the late 1980s, buried 45 feet deep in dirt beneath a Kansas farm. Legends passed through generations about the lost location of the Arabia and inspired a local, Bob Hawley, to find the boat with his sons in 1987. They used old maps and a proton magnetometer to figure out the probable location until finally discovering it half a mile from the river. The farmers who owned the land where the boat lay under 45 feet of mud, gave permission to the Hawleys to excavate, on the condition that the work be completed before the spring planting. Bulldozers, backhoes, drills and a 100-ton crane bit into the ground, 65-foot-deep wells removed 20,000 gallons of water, and each day the hole grew larger, as did the anticipation of what lay below. Two weeks later, the first part of the Arabia appeared; the weathered timbers of her left paddlewheel, and then a small, black, rubber shoe lying on the muddy deck. On November 26, 1988, the Arabia was finally exposed, along with its 200 tons of buried treasure. Within a few days, a wooden crate filled with elegant china was unearthed; the yellow packing straw still visible thanks to the mud being such an effective preserver. With the lack of air to spoil them, thousands of artifacts were recovered intact, including jars of preserved food that are still edible, tested by one of the excavators themselves, who ate a pickle from the Arabia finding it to be still perfectly fresh. These artifacts are now housed in a cool little museum in Kansas City called the Arabia Steamboat Museum, where you can also find a display honoring the found skeleton remains of that poor wee mule. Over 4,000 shoes and boots were also discovered still crated in shipping boxes ready for delivery. This display of leather footwear made for men, women and children is an impressive exhibit to behold.

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I agree Simon. Most large rivers in the US have changed course including the mighty Mississippi that was changed by an earth quake.

 

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[bill from lachine]

Simon,

A la proxima amigo!

Goodnight friends .

 

[Rookster]

Good morning.

 

[Tom_Restorer]

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[Tom_Restorer]

YEEEEHAAAA

 

[Tom_Restorer]

 

[Tom_Restorer]

Must be my son too

 

[Tom_Restorer]

 

[Tom_Restorer]

Good dog!

 

[Tom_Restorer]

 

[GB1]

good morning been without power for 2 days now at least it ain't hot

 

[Rookster]

good morning been without power for 2 days now at least it ain't hot

Did you guys take a big hit from the storms? We had it last Night. Got lucky this time. Hope y'all get your power back soon.

 

[Rookster]

 

[ECS]

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Yes, that kinda sucked. All I was trying to do was get on stage to tell David Cohen his "A" string was out of tune. I had received a backstage pass from Jimmi Hendrix for the following day. He was to play on Monday and I get threw out the day before, on Sunday. Jimmi had sprained his left wrist and asked if I would hide behind the amps and actually play for him while he pretended to play. Needless to say, he had to play himself and we all know how that turned out. I left your VW Bus at the front gate, did you ever get it back ? I did take your Love Beads and the three women in the back.

So you were the dude that siphoned all the gas from the VW tank makin' me cop some gas from Max's farm tractors!
Not cool man, not cool...
...but on the bright side, Janis drove those old cosmic blues away.
Groovy for sure, brother. Peace

 

[ECS]

Simon,That's quite the haul ...

That's not all he took away from Woodstock!

 

[ECS]

Did you guys take a big hit ...

Like Clinton, we never inhaled! Dig?

 

[RustyRelics]

GOOD MORNING TREASURENET!

 

[GB1]

Welcome Rusty Relics to the Random Chat thread

 

[GB1]

WOO HOO!!! just got power back!