Steamboat Arabia

One day we decided to go see the Steamboat Arabia. It is a muesum in Kansas City. Back in the day, steamboats were used to carry passengers and goods up and down the rivers. The Missouri River was particularly trecherous because of shifting shorelines and swift moving logs. The Steamboat Arabia was sunk shortly after setting out on its journey. No lives were lost, except a mule, but millions of items of things that would be used to set up households in the west were sunk to the bottom of the river.

We had our map of the city and we thought we knew where to go, but with contruction and unfamiliar roads it took us a little while before we found it. My SIL Tammy hopped out to make sure we knew where to go. Once we had a plan, it turned out that the building that we were looking for was right by us! Then we got everyone out of the car and into srollers. The entrance for the museum seemed to be up stairs. So we carried everyone to the top.We later learned that there was a ramp going up to a set of doors that we could use. It was quite an ordeal for something we hoped would be fun.






It turned out to be quite fasenating. They were able to recover the steamship from a farmers field, pretty much intact. There were so many item recovered that they are still cleaning, preserving and cataloging them. The things that were on display were wonderful. Think of going into Target and seeing everything that you need/want right there on the shelves. Well this muesum had everything that pre-civil war western pioneers needed. The displays were amazing.