IDENTIFICATION OF WOOD FROM THE WRECK OF A STEAMBOAT, POSSIBLY THE NORTH ALABAMA, IN THE MISSOURI RIVER

Author(s): Kathryn Puseman

Year: 2005

Summary

Fourteen wood samples were submitted for identification from a steamboat that wrecked

and sank in the Missouri River between Vermillion and Yankton, South Dakota (site 25CD82).

This steamboat is believed to be the North Alabama, which sunk on October 27, 1870. Wood

samples were identified to determine types of lumber used in construction of the steamboat.

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IDENTIFICATION OF WOOD FROM THE WRECK OF A STEAMBOAT, POSSIBLY THE NORTH ALABAMA, IN THE MISSOURI RIVER. Kathryn Puseman. 2005 ( tDAR id: 379329) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8HM57W2

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