The Steamboat Arabia museum
(with some sundry flea market items out front):
Replica of the original paddle wheels:
Colored glass salvaged from the boat, 45 feet under the mud:
The Arabia hit a tree snag in the Missouri River & sank in 1856 with over 200 tons of cargo on board. It was recovered by a local team in 1988 & they are still cleaning & restoring articles from the boat!
It's the world's largest collection of frontier supplies.
the boilers:
Seriously, check out the inseam on this guy (not Eric, the other guy):
The only casualty of the ship, a mule now known as...
wait for it..."Lawrence of the Arabia."
Eric & I:
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