CSPAN3 Steamboat Arabia December 3, 2017
Western United States picking up in the center of the 19th century, the Missouri River was an important artery for the transportation of goods. A trip up this fast flowing river was not without a hazard. Here about the sinking of the steamboat arabia and the effort to recover it after it went down. It was believed that scheme voting on this river was impossible. The missouri was a shallow river and very fast. 35 years is an average life of a steamboat on the river. Arabia. Folks like the into the mud it went and later buried, 132 years until we dug it up. The steamboat arabia was built in brow...