Arabia Steamboat Museum, The

Arabia was a riverboat sunk by a submerged tree snag just outside of Kansas City. The 150 passengers Made it off the boat safely, but 200 tons of cargo were lost. These artifacts are now on display.

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Natchez (1869)

Race from New Orleans to St. Louis against another Mississippi paddle steamer, the Robert E. Lee, was immortalized in a lithograph by Currier and Ives.

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