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The Montana was a Missouri River stern-wheel steamboat, one of three "mega-steamboats" (along with its sister boats the Wyoming and the Dakota) built in 1879 at the end of the steamboat era on the Missouri—when steamboats were soon to be supplanted by the nation's expanding railroad network. [1]
Steamboats of the Fort Union fur trade: An illustrated listing of steamboats on the Upper Missouri River, 1831-1867. Fort Union Association. ISBN 978-0-9672-2511-1. Chittenden, Hiram Martin (1903). History of early steamboat navigation on the Missouri River : life and adventures of Joseph La Barge, Volume I . New York : Francis P. Harper.
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SS Admiral was an excursion steamboat that operated on the Mississippi River from the Port of St. Louis, Missouri, from 1940 to 1978.The ship was briefly re-purposed as an amusement center in 1987 and converted to a gambling venue called President Casino, [1] also known as Admiral Casino, [2] in the 1990s.
The mud was such an effective preserver that the yellow packing straw was still visible. Thousands of artifacts were recovered intact, including jars of preserved pickles that were still edible. Many pieces of the boat, including the boilers, one engine, and the anchor, were salvaged as well. [7] The artifacts are housed in the Arabia Steamboat ...
Divers have recovered the last bodies from the wreckage of a "duck boat" that sank on Thursday during a storm on a Missouri lake, killing 17 people. Missouri boat accident kills 17, including nine ...
State Ship Image Year designated Arizona: USS Arizona (BB-39) [citation needed]Two earlier iterations of USS Arizona [citation needed]California: Californian (state tall ship) ...
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