Sultana Disaster Museum to preserve tragic story in new home
In this April 26, 1865, file photo provided by the Library of Congress, the steamboat Sultana is docked on the Mississippi River at Helena, Arkansas. About 1,800 people died when the boat exploded the following night near Marion, Arkansas. (AP Photo/Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, File)
The worst maritime disaster in U.S. history happened on the Mississippi River near Memphis, and the Sultana Historical Preservation Society is making sure it is not forgotten.
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Sultana Marion Arkansas Rodney Slater Sultana Disaster Museum Memphis history sultana historical preservation society John Fogleman Tracy BrickKeely Brewer
Keely Brewer is a Report for America corps member covering environmental impacts on communities of color in Memphis. She is working in partnership with the Ag & Water Desk, a sustainable reporting network aimed at telling water and agriculture stories across the Mississippi River Basin.
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