I used to live near Forest City, and I have heard from some of the old timers that ships did stop there. There used to be a big red brick building just east of the railroad tracks that was the port of call for Forest City. Around 1900, after a hard rain the river overflowed and went west to the Nebrasky side and left Forest City high and dry. So Forest City never developed like St. Joe and Omaha. No, I don't think the Nodway ever had a deep enough chanel to float a very big ship. The old Missouri has flooded a couple of times that I can remember when the water was from bluff to bluff. The grade up to the railroad tracks was all that kept it out of town. That was lots of water. The buildings out in the bottom had water up to the eves and above. I know, because I saw it with my own eyes. Glenn Bob Call wrote: > Hi; > Hundreds of steamboats plied the Missouri River. > Not sure if I have the name right, but there was a famous wreck at Hermes > Landing in the 1850's. > National Geographic website has an article on the "Montana" wreck. > Bob > > _________________________________________________________________ > Protect your PC - get McAfee.com VirusScan Online > http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963 > > ==== MOHOLT Mailing List ==== > If you wish to unsubscribe from the Holt Co., MO Mailing List, send only the word > UNSUSCRIBE to MOHOLT-l-request@rootsweb.com or if you are on the Digest List > to MOHOLT-d-request@rootsweb.com > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237