tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732486.post5466329390758439073..comments2023-10-26T03:19:41.569-07:00Comments on Stephen Bodio's Querencia: Arabia Steamboat MuseumSteve Bodiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14434597061701369867noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732486.post-27031097597493752942013-02-08T11:00:14.259-08:002013-02-08T11:00:14.259-08:00Very cool! I regret not visiting the Arabia museum...Very cool! I regret not visiting the Arabia museum when our daughter was in school nearby at the University of Saint Mary and we traveled through Kansas City.<br /><br />An old (and unfortunately late) co-worker of mine at the National Park Service, Jake Hoffman, ran the excavations of the steamboat Bertrand.Reid Farmerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18382498430164817928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732486.post-90720690160289002632013-02-04T14:23:25.818-08:002013-02-04T14:23:25.818-08:00Mark beat me to it: I have visted the museum of th...Mark beat me to it: I have visted the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bertrand_%28steamboat%29" rel="nofollow">museum of the steamboat Bertrand</a>, which is also like walking through an 1860s department store and hardware store. Canned oysters and preserved cherries for the miner who strikes it rich!Chas S. Cliftonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00923547685265741325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732486.post-40446100371411010342013-02-04T14:20:13.422-08:002013-02-04T14:20:13.422-08:00A friend had the pleasure of taking the late blueg...A friend had the pleasure of taking the late bluegrass legend John Hartford to tour the Arabia museum. Hartford was a riverboat aficionado, and I believe a licensed riverboat pilot. Anyway, it turns out John knew more about the Arabia and steamboats of that era than the docent. Chuck said he taught her a thing or two.<br /><br />Matthew in MissouriAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14239641388461524647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732486.post-21312042494680986422013-02-04T08:29:40.397-08:002013-02-04T08:29:40.397-08:00This sounds remarkably similar to the exhibit at D...This sounds remarkably similar to the exhibit at DeSoto NWR on the Iowa-Nebraska border (it lies on the Iowa side of the Missouri after the river changed course), which contains the stores of the steamboat Bertrand, which hit a snag on the way to Ft. Benton, Montana. I've been meaning to blog about the Bertrand exhibit, and will make an effort to see the Arabia as well. Thanks for the tip!Mark Farrell-Churchillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09867907324318184817noreply@blogger.com