The North Alabama steamboat was bringing whiskey, flour and supplies to Montana when it sank in 1870.
Colorado River Basin plans for a drier futureA steamboat known as the North Alabama sank in 1870, heading to the bottom of the Missouri River near Goat Island, between Nebraska and South Dakota. But the river, dwindling under a drought that began last fall, revealed the sunken vessel this summer.National Parks Service
"The community of Yankton here was basically established because it was a major steamboat port during that time," Smith said. "I describe it to students as like the interstate of today, back then," he said."Steamboat traffic came up and down as much as they could, until it was too dry. But if it was a wet year, they'd keep on bringing products up and down."
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