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Bertrand (steamboat)
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Bertrand (steamboat)
The
steamboat
Bertrand
, carrying cargo up the
Missouri River
to
Virginia City, Montana Territory
, sank on April 1, 1865, after hitting a snag in the river north of
Omaha, Nebraska
. Half of its cargo was recovered 100 years later. Today, the artifacts are displayed in a museum at the
DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge
near
Missouri Valley, Iowa
. The display makes up the largest intact collection of Civil War-era artifacts in the United States.
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