A Historic Kansas City Attraction | The Arabia Steamboat Museum
WEBWhen the mighty Steamboat Arabia sank near Kansas City on September 5, 1856, she carried 200 tons of mystery cargo. Lost for 132 years, its recovery in 1988 was like finding the King Tut’s Tomb of the Missouri River. The discovery was truly a modern day treasure-hunting story at its best.
Buried treasure: Long lost Steamboat Malta found under Missouri …
WEBMay 8, 2019 · Hawley has found several sunken steamboats. His most significant is the Arabia, the centerpiece of the Arabia Steamboat Museum in Kansas City’s River Market.
Arabia (steamboat) - Wikipedia
WEBThe Arabia is a side wheeler steamboat that sank in the Missouri River, on September 5, 1856, when it was gored upon a submerged tree snag. It was rediscovered in 1988 by a team of local researchers in what became Kansas City, Kansas. Its recovered artifacts are housed in the Arabia Steamboat Museum.
Arabia Steamboat Museum - Wikipedia
WEBThe Arabia Steamboat Museum is a history museum in Kansas City, Missouri, housing artifacts salvaged from the Arabia, a steamboat that sank in the Missouri River in 1856. The 30,000-square-foot museum opened on November 13, …
What was Found (and Still Edible) Inside a 150-year-old Sunken Steamboat
WEBDec 22, 2017 · 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.
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WEBThis is a wonderful display of a storehouse of 1856 supplies found on a sunken riverboat located by some 1980’s “treasure hunters” in the area. It’s a great story and wonderful exhibit. All ages are going to enjoy this.
Arabia's Story | The Arabia Steamboat Museum | Kansas City
WEBOn September 5, 1856, just outside of Kansas City, the Arabia hit one of these snags and sank in a matter of minutes. Thankfully, the 150 passengers and crew made it off the boat safely. But the 200 tons of cargo were lost to the muddy river, not …
ARABIA STEAMBOAT MUSEUM | Visit KC - Visit KC Newsroom
WEBHousing the largest collection of pre-Civil War artifacts in the world, the Arabia Steamboat Museum features more than 200 tons of recovered artifacts from the sunken 1856 steamboat Arabia. The museum’s exhibits and “touchable treasures” tell the story of the boat’s Missouri River demise and amazing rediscovery in 1988.
Malta | The Arabia Steamboat Museum | Kansas City
WEBOver time, the Missouri River cut a new channel and moved, leaving the boat buried deep under what is now a Missouri farm field near Malta Bend, Missouri. Now, David Hawley, alongside Jerry Mackey and David Luttrell, are leading a new team of adventurers determined to unearth the sunken steamboat.
Second Sunken Steamboat Raises Questions For Kansas City's …
WEBOct 12, 2018 · A drilling team searches the site of the sunken Steamboat Malta. Hundreds of steamboats are buried underground along the banks of the Missouri River. We just don’t know where they are. One of...