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Steamboat Bertrand DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge/Iowa The Steamboat Bertrand Collection housed at the DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge is the only public collection in the country that features the excavated cargo from a sunken steamboat. The steamboat Bertrand was traveling to the goldfields of Montana carrying an estimated 250 to 450 tons of cargo when it hit a snag and sank in the Missouri River on April 1, 1865, north of Omaha, Nebraska. In 1968, the steamboat was located and excavated over the next two years in a collaborative venture by entrepreneurs Sam Corbino and Jesse Pursell, archaeologists with the National Park Service and the Bureau of Sports Fisheries and Wildlife (now called the U.S. Figure 15. Painting of the Bertand as it sank in 1865 Fish and Wildlife Service). The cargo removed from the steamboat’s hold includes in excess of 200,000 objects that have been conserved and cared for since their discovery and excavation. Unlike most public or private collections, the items from the Bertrand are unused, mostly intact, and securely-dated 19th century artifacts. The collection is a time capsule of artifacts used on the western frontier at a momentous time in the nation’s history: the Civil War would end less than two weeks after the accident and the westward expansion was evolving from transitory wealth seekers to people more set on establishing more permanent towns and settlements. A significant aspect of the collection remains its research value; it included food containers, shipping crates, fish and pig bones, tools, hardware, armaments and clothing -- the type of specimens that can help determine the chronology of other historic archaeological finds. This fascinating collection offers numerous educational opportunities and has engendered several partners, including the Loess Hills Alliance, Department of Tourism/State of Nebraska, and Department of Tourism/ State of Iowa. .

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"Bertrand" (A Steamboat) AND/OR HISTORIC
STATE: Form 10-300 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (Dec. 1968) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE Nebraska COUN TY: NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES Washington INVENTORY - NOMINATION FORM FOR NPS USE ONLY EN TRY NUMBER (Type all entries complete applicable sections) 69^3-26-0001 I "Bertrand" (a steamboat) AND/OR HISTORIC: STREET AND NUMBER: CITY OR TOWN: ____DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge COUNTY: Nebraska 26. Washington CATEGORY ACCESSIBLE STATUS (Check One) TO THE PUBLIC District fj Building Public Public Acquisition: Occupied I I Yes: Site Q Structure Private a In Process Unoccupied [)(1 Restricted Both Being Considered Preservation work Unrestricted Object ^] a in progress f~] No: PRESENT USE (Check One or More as Appropriate) Agricultural | | Government [ | Park Q Transportation | | Comments Commercial | | Industrial | | Private Residence | | Other (Specify) [Y] Educational | | Military [H Religious Q unused Entertainment Q Museum | | Scientific | | OWNERS NAME: G.S.A. for the Fish and Wildlife, Service STREET AND NUMBER: U.S. Department of the Interior CITY OR TOWN: CD Cr Washington D.C. 08 -S COURTHOUSE, REGISTRY OF DEEDS, ETC: County Clerk, Washington County Court House STREET AND NUMBER: ____16th and Col fax Streets CITY OR TOWN: STATE Blair Nebraska 26 APPROXIMATE ACREAGE OF NOMINATED P ROP ER T Y : Q |T|Q TITLE OF SURVEY: DATE OF SURVEY: Federal [""""] State County Local DEPOSITORY FOR SURVEY RECORDS: P STREET AND NUMBER: CITY OR TOWN: CONDITION (Check One) Excellent Q Good Q Foir Q Deteriorated Ruins gt] Unexposed Q (Check One) INTEGRITY CChec/c One,) Altered Unaltered Moved G Original Sit DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (if known) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE ~—————————————_— 'In the early 1860's, the steamboat "Bertrand" plied the waters of the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers.
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Nebraska History posts materials online for your personal use. Please remember that the contents of Nebraska History are copyrighted by the Nebraska State Historical Society (except for materials credited to other institutions). The NSHS retains its copyrights even to materials it posts on the web. For permission to re-use materials or for photo ordering information, please see: http://www.nebraskahistory.org/magazine/permission.htm Nebraska State Historical Society members receive four issues of Nebraska History and four issues of Nebraska History News annually. For membership information, see: http://nebraskahistory.org/admin/members/index.htm Article Title: Europeans and Americans Full Citation: Gayle F Carlson, “Europeans and Americans,” Nebraska History 75 (1994): 146-157 URL of article: http://www.nebraskahistory.org/publish/publicat/history/full-text/NH1994Time6_Europeans.pdf Date: 7/29/2013 Article Summary: The first written records of Plains Indians date from European explorers’ visits in the eighteenth century. Archeology fills many gaps in historical records and can be used to verify their accuracy. Cataloging Information: Names: Karl Bodmer, Etienne de Véniard sieur de Bourgmont, Pedro de Villasur, James Mackay, Lucien Fontanelle Expeditions: Lewis and Clark Expedition, Pike Expedition, Stephen Long Expedition, Yellowstone Expedition Nebraska Archeological Sites: Engineer Cantonment (Washington County), Fort Charles (Thurston County), Fontanelle’s Trading Post (Sarpy County), Bordeaux Trading Post (Dawes County), Cantonment
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Nebraska History posts materials online for your personal use. Please remember that the contents of Nebraska History are copyrighted by the Nebraska State Historical Society (except for materials credited to other institutions). The NSHS retains its copyrights even to materials it posts on the web. For permission to re-use materials or for photo ordering information, please see: http://www.nebraskahistory.org/magazine/permission.htm Nebraska State Historical Society members receive four issues of Nebraska History and four issues of Nebraska History News annually. For membership information, see: http://nebraskahistory.org/admin/members/index.htm Article Title: “The Early Fur Trade in Northwestern Nebraska” Full Citation: Charles E Hanson Jr and Veronica Sue Walters, “The Early Fur Trade in Northwestern Nebraska,” Nebraska History 57 (1976): 291-314. URL of article: http://www.nebraskahistory.org/publish/publicat/history/full-text/1976-3-Fur_Trade.pdf Date: 3/3/2010 Article Summary: Northwest Nebraska, part of the Fort Pierre-Fort Laramie sphere of activity, had its own fur trade which was separate and distinct from the fur trade of eastern Nebraska, which centered on the Missouri River. Cataloging Information: Names: John Finn; Amos Bettelyoun; Old Man Afraid of His Horses; Red Bear; James Bordeaux; Packs His Drum; Sitting Bull; W G Bullock; Ben Mills; Joseph Bissonette; Pierre Chouteau; Meriwether Lewis; William Clark; Manuel Lisa; Jedediah Smith; Francis Parkman; Hubert Rouleau; James Bordeaux; John Richards; Geminien Beauvais; William
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