From the bottom of Big Muddy, the Montana (sunk 120 years ago) rises again.

Interesting tidbit about the safety level: "By 1860, more than 700 steamboats regularly traveled the Mississippi...The life expectancy of the boats was not long — about 18 months, Dasovich said. Downed trees and other river debris, ice, fire and explosions tended to do in the wooden boats."

Posted under STL in the News by Amanda Doyle on Tue., Aug 16, 2005 at 11:20 AM