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 > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re; Steamboat Arabia > > >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 > > > > > >************************************** > >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# > >Email: [log in to unmask] > >Web: http://www.KSHS.org > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ******************************************************************* > Anita Cohen-Williams > CohWill Consulting > Search Engine Guru/SEO > List Owner of HISTARCH, SUB-ARCH, and SPANBORD > [log in to unmask] > http://www.10minuteresume.com/resumes/basicres/index.html