tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post2203496081543443608..comments2024-03-28T03:06:18.182-05:00Comments on Bayou Renaissance Man: "How a Champagne-Laden Steamship Ended Up in a Kansas Cornfield"Peterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10595089829300831372noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-11775481959669496602016-07-28T09:37:59.537-05:002016-07-28T09:37:59.537-05:00I'll second Chas Clifton's recommendation....I'll second Chas Clifton's recommendation. There are also nature trails to wander and other things to look at near Desoto Bend. 'Course, I grew up near there in part, so I may be a bit biased. :)<br /><br />LittleRed1Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-47187297041652870662016-07-27T22:53:16.835-05:002016-07-27T22:53:16.835-05:00Sorry, I misspelled the steamboat's name in my...Sorry, I misspelled the steamboat's name in my earlier comment. It was the Bertrand, and <a href="https://www.fws.gov/refuge/Desoto/wildlife_and_habitat/steamboat_bertrand.html" rel="nofollow">here is a link to the museum</a>.Chas S. Cliftonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00923547685265741325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-57114366099945655642016-07-27T22:52:40.110-05:002016-07-27T22:52:40.110-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Chas S. Cliftonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00923547685265741325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-41868938714095079152016-07-27T21:29:18.526-05:002016-07-27T21:29:18.526-05:00It is well worth your time to visit. The quantity...It is well worth your time to visit. The quantity of material recovered in serviceable condition is truly astounding. I understand they opened some of the canned goods and found them still edible. By all means stop if you're ever make it to KC. If you have time, the National WWI Museum is also well worth a visit.Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04780834197167716549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-44658481426527038932016-07-27T21:08:39.169-05:002016-07-27T21:08:39.169-05:00You can see a similar museum, a "department s...You can see a similar museum, a "department store of 1867," at the steamboard Bartram museum at the De Soto Bend National Wildlife Refuge in western Iowa, off US 30.<br /><br />Same story: boat sank in the Missouri, passengers rescued, contents preserved by thick layer of mud, river shifted course leaving wreck under a cornfield.<br /><br />When I walked through it -- note the date of the wreck -- my first thought was, "So this is how the North won the war."Chas S. Cliftonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00923547685265741325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-41295765454935426042016-07-27T20:10:55.743-05:002016-07-27T20:10:55.743-05:00Apologies for going off topic, but I thought you w...Apologies for going off topic, but I thought you would like to see the review of 'Brings the Lightning' I just posted over on Amazon...<br /><br />This should be a movie...<br /><br />But keep it the hell away from Hollywierd. I haven't read any of Louis L'Amour's westerns, so I have no basis for comparison there. I am, however, a fan of western movies, particularly 'Silverado', 'Unforgiven', 'Tombstone', and pretty much anything with John Wayne. <br /><br />My two all time favorite movies are 'Gettysburg' and 'Gods and Generals'. These are the only movies made in the last 30 years that show people on both sides of the Civil War, civilian and military, as People, rather than as stainless heroes fighting unspeakable villains.<br /><br />Mr. Grant has captured that essence with 'Brings the Lightning'. I've read and liked all of his 'Maxwell' and 'Laredo' series books, but the character development and storytelling here blows those away.<br /><br />A movie faithful to this book could be in the same class as those greats mentioned above, as long as today's studios can't get their grubby, Politically Correct mitts on it. Maybe Castalia House should see about setting up their own studio or production company.D.A. Brockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13944661115344317749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-53800563472746543732016-07-27T17:32:40.186-05:002016-07-27T17:32:40.186-05:00An excellent museum, well worth a few hours! Plus...An excellent museum, well worth a few hours! Plus, the snag is on display so you can see what caused the wreck...it wasn't a little tiny "oh, no, we hit a wee bit of branch" sort of event.<br /><br />As the story goes, the passengers and crew evacuated to the bank with most of their belongings. Which were, of course, stolen overnight which indicated to me that even back then the area was a cesspool of scum and villainy...Alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10151524664770332997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-54970775930407207192016-07-27T16:55:45.505-05:002016-07-27T16:55:45.505-05:00Peter, considering where you previously lived:
fr...Peter, considering where you previously lived:<br /><br />from wiki:<br /><br />In a report filed in November 2008, the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency warned that a serious earthquake in the New Madrid Seismic Zone could result in "the highest economic losses due to a natural disaster in the United States," further predicting "widespread and catastrophic" damage across Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri, and particularly Tennessee, where a 7.7 magnitude quake or greater would cause damage to tens of thousands of structures affecting water distribution, transportation systems, and other vital infrastructure.[11]<br /><br />Some estimates of the 1811-12 quakes are in the region of 8.8 Richter. Rattled Boston.Willhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00722792638246578812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-55261400253267564782016-07-27T16:52:21.948-05:002016-07-27T16:52:21.948-05:00I seem to recall that those mid-west rivers have b...I seem to recall that those mid-west rivers have been displaced quite often, and for surprising distances. The Mississippi shifted 6 miles at some point. The story about the first steamboat trip along there coincided with the big earthquake in 1811-12, and they reported that part of the river disappeared into a large hole in the middle of a field. They barely succeeded in backing away from it to reach a split in the flow, and survived the situation.<br /><br />One of the sunken ships that Clive Cussler found with his actual NUMA ship hunting group was discovered under a parking lot near the river.Willhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00722792638246578812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-344688493401928572016-07-27T14:36:50.437-05:002016-07-27T14:36:50.437-05:00I live in Raytown, MO, just east of Kansas City. ...I live in Raytown, MO, just east of Kansas City. I got to help chaperone my oldest son's middle school class on a field trip to the Steamboat Arabia Museum. It and the National World War I Museum are my two favorite places to take out-of-towners.Joe Texanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16483784229057163141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-80993154358568384182016-07-27T13:40:40.373-05:002016-07-27T13:40:40.373-05:00It's a very cool museum, well worth your time....It's a very cool museum, well worth your time.parascribehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07225539783729599316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-36928864435739677732016-07-27T12:33:15.393-05:002016-07-27T12:33:15.393-05:00Great piece of history. Enjoyed this.Great piece of history. Enjoyed this.BWBandyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15435259893321037788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-85592109260018411732016-07-27T10:52:06.808-05:002016-07-27T10:52:06.808-05:00I have the Book on the Arabia find-amazing the sta...I have the Book on the Arabia find-amazing the state of preservation of the cargo due to being silted in so quick.The book had said that locals attempted to salvage what they could reach-but the Rivers currents covered it pretty fast.I would think this is a must see stop for a few Movie set crews looking for a close up on some actual items of that era. The other thing that strikes you is the level of production for all the goods -from thread spindles to tools,a Nation bustling with commerce.Im guessing most of it was coming from Northern factory's-an intersting window on eve of ACW.<br />The River's then changed course yearly before the Corps Of Eng projects -look at Google Earth at all the old Bends now lakes,ponds or dried up over the centuries. A Lot of undiscovered wrecks all along there-the Snag logs threat and the not so dependable machinery of many a River boat saw to that.Ed-Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16727359733185669482noreply@blogger.com