Preliminary assessment of a wreck in the Red River, Choctaw County, Oklahoma, USA

Preliminary assessment of a wreck in the Red River, Choctaw County, Oklahoma, USA

This paper reports the initial recording of an early riverboat wreck located in the Red River between Oklahoma and Texas. The wreck is probably the Caddo lost in 1842. The visible wreckage is described and the history of the Caddo is discussed. This is the earliest western rivers steamboat investiga...

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Veröffentlicht in:The International journal of nautical archaeology 2000, Vol.29 (1), p.120-125
Hauptverfasser: Lees, William B., Barto Arnold, J.
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Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
great rift
steam power
western rivers
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Zusammenfassung:This paper reports the initial recording of an early riverboat wreck located in the Red River between Oklahoma and Texas. The wreck is probably the Caddo lost in 1842. The visible wreckage is described and the history of the Caddo is discussed. This is the earliest western rivers steamboat investigated by archaeologists to date.
ISSN:1057-2414
1095-9270
DOI:10.1006/ijna.2000.0274