The Saluda was a steamer headed from St. Louis to Council Bluffs when it had trouble due to ice and a swift current ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - September 5, 1856. The Steamboat Arabia sank after hitting a tree snag in the Missouri River. The river’s course shifted over time, and the wreckage was buried for 132 years.

January 8, 1861. Just weeks before Kansas was officially admitted to the Union, President James Buchanan delivered his final message to Congress defending the use of federal troops in the Kansas ...