Steamboat Bertrand Collection
The coordinates that you can use in navigation applications to get to find Steamboat Bertrand Collection quickly are 41.5484794 ,-96.0279107
Contact and Address
| Address: | 1434 316th Ln, Missouri Valley, IA 51555, USA |
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| Postal code: | 51555 |
| Phone: | (712) 388-4800 |
| Website: | https://www.fws.gov/refuge/Desoto/wildlife_and_habitat/steamboat_bertrand.html |
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M C
(August 5, 2019, 6:17 pm)Great exhibit of life on the river 100 years ago.
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John the Mouse
(April 2, 2019, 8:37 pm)You get to learn about the Bertrand was launched in Wheeling, West Virginia in 1864. At 161 feet (49 m) long, with a beam of 32 feet (9.8 m); its burden total 251 tons. A shallow-draft vessel, it drew only 18 inches (46 cm) when light, and perhaps no more than twice that when loaded.
Ownership of the Bertrand differ, but it probably belonged to the Montana and Idaho Transportation Line, based in St. Louis, Missouri. The firm was owned in part by John J. Roe of St. Louis.
On April 1, 1865, under the command of Captain James Yore, the steamboat struck a submerged log in the Desoto Bend of the Missouri River, about 25 miles (40 km) upstream from Omaha, Nebraska. In less than ten minutes, it sank in 12 feet (3.7 m) of water. No people died, the estimated value of vessel and entire cargo was lost combined was $100,000.
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