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201937 minPGdocumentary

Cornfield Shipwreck

201937 minPGdocumentary

A team of amateur historians excavated the Steamboat Arabia, revealing artifacts that illustrate the challenges of western expansion in 19th-century America.

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A team of amateur historians excavated the Steamboat Arabia, revealing artifacts that illustrate the challenges of western expansion in 19th-century America.

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Shane Seleydirector

Michael Mavreticwriter

Jodi Shillingcast

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Discovered by an unlikely team of amateur historians 45 feet beneath a Kansas cornfield, the Steamboat Arabia is one of the best-preserved shipwrecks in American history. The treasures contained within painting a vivid picture of western expansion and the treacherous frontier.

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