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  2. Category:Shipwrecks of the Mississippi River - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Shipwrecks of the Mississippi River" The following 50 pages are in this category, out of 50 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.

  3. Sultana (steamboat) - Wikipedia

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    Sultana was a commercial side-wheel steamboat which exploded and sank on the Mississippi River on April 27, 1865, killing 1,164 people in what remains the worst maritime disaster in United States history. Constructed of wood in 1863 by the John Litherbury Boatyard [1] in Cincinnati, Ohio, Sultana was intended for the lower Mississippi cotton trade.

  4. List of shipwrecks of the United States - Wikipedia

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    An ironclad warship that was run aground by USS Mississippi in the Battle of Forts Jackson and St. Philip. CSS McRae Confederate States Navy: 28 April 1862 A gunboat that took heavy damage in a battle with USS Iroquois, and was scuttled off Algiers. MTC-602: 9 September 1965 A barge that sank in the Mississippi River during Hurricane Betsy. The ...

  5. Andy Gibson (steamboat) - Wikipedia

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    The Andy Gibson was a steamboat that serviced the headwaters of the Mississippi River in the U.S. state of Minnesota from 1884 to 1894. After her retirement, the ship was left in a drydock outside her home port of Aitkin, Minnesota, and gradually dismantled for parts. The hull and drydock eventually sank out of sight.

  6. Steamboat Monmouth disaster - Wikipedia

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    "Map Illustrating the Plan of the Defenses of the Western and Southwestern Frontier" published 1837, showing west Mississippi, Baton Rouge, and the Arkansas River and approximate indigenous territories at that time (NARA 77452208) The Indian Removal Act of 1830 and treaties involving Jackson before his presidency displaced most of the major tribes of the Southeast from their traditional ...

  7. Category:Shipwrecks in rivers - Wikipedia

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    Shipwrecks of the Mississippi River (1 C, 50 P) ... Pages in category "Shipwrecks in rivers" The following 156 pages are in this category, out of 156 total.

  8. At least 2 dead after severe weather moved through ...

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    At least two people have died as severe storms and tornadoes tore through parts of Texas and Mississippi on Saturday, officials said, while a parade of atmospheric river-fueled storms batters the ...

  9. List of maritime disasters in the 19th century - Wikipedia

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    Lucy Walker – On 23 October, the sidewheel steamboat was en route from Louisville, Kentucky, to New Orleans when her three boilers exploded; she caught fire and sank mid-stream in the Ohio River about 4 miles (6.4 km) below New Albany, Indiana. Débris and body parts were washed up on both banks of the river.