Just to add one more reference, the website
http://www.newsday.com/coverage/current/fanfare/tuesday/nd7991.htm
has a good story about the Arabia and its cargo.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Anita Cohen-Williams [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2000 11:23 AM
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> Subject: Re; Steamboat Arabia
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> >The Steamboat Arabia was excavated in a KS cornfield by a group of
> private
> individuals, including a father and sons (Bob, David, and Greg Hawley, of
> Independence, MO), who subsequently opened the museum in Kansas City.
> >
> >To the best of my knowledge there is no (published) detailed inventory of
> the incredible wealth of 1856 vintage goods recovered. I picked up two
> books in the museum gift shop on a recent visit:
> >
> >David C. Hawley
> > 1995 The Treasures of the Steamboat Arabia. David C. Hawley.
> >- a 60-page, large format, soft-cover, book with lots of color
> photographs
> providing a summary of the history of the steamboat, the excavations, and
> the "treasure" recovered
> >
> >and
> >
> >Greg Hawley
> > 1998 Treasure in a Cornfield: The Discovery and Excavation of the
> Steamboat Arabia, An Adventure by Greg Hawley. Paddlewheel Publishing,
> Kansas City, MO.
> >- an approx. 200-page, hard-back book providing a more detailed
> description of the excavation, recovery of the "treasure," the
> preservation
> and conservation work, and development of the museum. It includes a
> 17-page appendix with a "generalized inventory" of the artifacts
> recovered,
> listing the artifact (e.g., nib) by category (e.g., communication),
> material (e.g., steel), and count (e.g., 2,000). Manufacturers are listed
> for some items as well as additional information for some artifact types
> (e.g., for ceramics -vessel form, and decoration. Another appendix lists
> the names of merchants by town and the cargo that they lost (variously
> listed by numbers of boxes or packages, barrels of whiskey or ale, feet of
> lumber, or item).
> >
> >It is an incredible collection. It makes an interesting comparison with
> the 1865 Bertrand wreck a 100 miles or so upriver.
> >
> >Marsha
> >
> >
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> >Marsha K. King
> >Special Projects Archeologist
> >Cultural Resource Division
> >Kansas State Historical Society
> >6425 SW 6th Ave
> >Topeka, KS 66615-1099
> >Phone: (785) 272-8681, ext. 253
> >Fax: (785) 272-8682#240#
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> >Web: http://www.KSHS.org
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