I've visited the museum 6 times over the past 15 years. It's absolutely awesome. The speaker in this video is David Hawley. He or another family member speak at every tour. Tours are about $8 and occur several times/day. They hang around after the tour and answer questions. It's a great family experience. If you've ever wondered about the life our country's settlers lived, this is a good introduction.
Wow, nice to see history and the Indian beads were chilling reminders of how we treated the native Americans and Indian affairs broken treaties and reservations and trail of tears. I used to go find arrow heads next to river bottoms in swva here growing up. These ppl were everywhere here and for thousands of years, you find them all over the place
this is truly amazing,,,let me see if I understand correctly,,,,some how the river drastically changed course,,,any Idea when that happened) when it did the muddy river bed was visable and the soil of the river bed became good for planting a field to grow crops,,,when digging in the dryed up river bed to make a field for crops,,,you stumbled upon a river boat,,,QUESTION was this river boat intact or was it in pieces what about the engine was it intact,,,,you had found alot of items that were perfectly preserved,,,were you able to walk onto the remains of the river boat or was it all broken up...,,,,how did she sink,,did you guys ever take any film footage of when you found her or was it all still photos,,,would be wonderfull to see film footage if any was taken of you guys finding her in a corn field,,,I love history and love old ships,,,I live in the state of Illinois,,,this is history in the making,,,LIKE WOW AMAZING,,,,,did you find any musical instruments,,,,some steam boats had caliopies on them,,,Im guessing this one didnt,,,any musical instruments of any kind,,,,,,,just a note I have found out that another historcol steamboat is now under going restoring work,,,THE DELTA QUEEN,,,from what I herd she was towed away from tennessee and moved else where ,,,she wasnt properly taken care of and in need of serious repair,,,,she is being restored to her natural state and could be running back on the river by 2017 from what I herd,,,,I think its GREAT that some people are tryin to SAVE HISTORY AND THEY SHOULD,,,thanks for sharing this,,,on the river boat the Arabia,,,
The river shifting was caused by the army corps of engineers in the mid 1900s. It was known to be in the area. The boiler and wheels were still mostly in place. I believe it was roughly 45 feel below ground.
The river shifted back and forth every few years as mud would build up on along one shoreline. This was common with muddy water rivers. To "tame the river" the corps of engineers built levees to keep it from shifting and they occasionally have to pull the silt from the rivers to keep the water level where it belongs.
If you plan to visit the Kansas City area, please take time to visit the Steamboat Arabia. The items they recovered truly were truly frozen in time. The whole museum is very well done.
Natures Time Capsule....I wonder why all this stuff didn't get picked over at the time? If I was living on the Frontier and a shipload of supplies washed up Ship Wrecked I'd be on it day and night.
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I've visited the museum 6 times over the past 15 years. It's absolutely awesome. The speaker in this video is David Hawley. He or another family member speak at every tour. Tours are about $8 and occur several times/day. They hang around after the tour and answer questions. It's a great family experience. If you've ever wondered about the life our country's settlers lived, this is a good introduction.
I visited the Arabia Museum when in Kansas last February and thought it was one of the best museum visits I ever made. Unforgettable.
David Hawley is a treasure hunter legend
Not gonna lie I’d like to try one of them pickles
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Wow, nice to see history and the Indian beads were chilling reminders of how we treated the native Americans and Indian affairs broken treaties and reservations and trail of tears. I used to go find arrow heads next to river bottoms in swva here growing up. These ppl were everywhere here and for thousands of years, you find them all over the place
this is truly amazing,,,let me see if I understand correctly,,,,some how the river drastically changed course,,,any Idea when that happened) when it did the muddy river bed was visable and the soil of the river bed became good for planting a field to grow crops,,,when digging in the dryed up river bed to make a field for crops,,,you stumbled upon a river boat,,,QUESTION was this river boat intact or was it in pieces what about the engine was it intact,,,,you had found alot of items that were perfectly preserved,,,were you able to walk onto the remains of the river boat or was it all broken up...,,,,how did she sink,,did you guys ever take any film footage of when you found her or was it all still photos,,,would be wonderfull to see film footage if any was taken of you guys finding her in a corn field,,,I love history and love old ships,,,I live in the state of Illinois,,,this is history in the making,,,LIKE WOW AMAZING,,,,,did you find any musical instruments,,,,some steam boats had caliopies on them,,,Im guessing this one didnt,,,any musical instruments of any kind,,,,,,,just a note I have found out that another historcol steamboat is now under going restoring work,,,THE DELTA QUEEN,,,from what I herd she was towed away from tennessee and moved else where ,,,she wasnt properly taken care of and in need of serious repair,,,,she is being restored to her natural state and could be running back on the river by 2017 from what I herd,,,,I think its GREAT that some people are tryin to SAVE HISTORY AND THEY SHOULD,,,thanks for sharing this,,,on the river boat the Arabia,,,
The river shifting was caused by the army corps of engineers in the mid 1900s. It was known to be in the area. The boiler and wheels were still mostly in place. I believe it was roughly 45 feel below ground.
The river shifted back and forth every few years as mud would build up on along one shoreline. This was common with muddy water rivers. To "tame the river" the corps of engineers built levees to keep it from shifting and they occasionally have to pull the silt from the rivers to keep the water level where it belongs.
I suggest you search RUclips for steam boat Arabia. There are many great videos about the ship. Some are under the name of the great white steamboat.
west of Boonville is another steamboat wreck, I found a lot of broken glass, and a 30ft boom , and part of a boiler
If you plan to visit the Kansas City area, please take time to visit the Steamboat Arabia. The items they recovered truly were truly frozen in time. The whole museum is very well done.
They should have a channel on here, but of course they had to compensate the family for digging it up, it was a million dollars
Natures Time Capsule....I wonder why all this stuff didn't get picked over at the time? If I was living on the Frontier and a shipload of supplies washed up Ship Wrecked I'd be on it day and night.
The reason is that it didn't wash up on shore. This was a quite large 171 foot long ship that sank in the river.
I recall that during my museum visit, the tour guide mentioned that one of the Hawley's actually sampled one of the preserved pickles!
chorne2k Well was it any good?
They stay good for hundreds of years, they learned preservation thousands of years ago
RIP Greg Hawley 1958-2009
This stuff is a national treasure. It belongs in the Smithsonian!
No it belongs in Missouri, your welcome.
Screw the Smithsonian, those asses have been hiding more of American history from Americans than any will ever know.
This stuff is exactly where it belongs.