“Destruction of the Steamboat Sultana” by Gene Eric Salecker (Naval Institute Press) Nearly 1,200 people perished when the steamship Sultana exploded and burned in the early morning hours of April 27, ...

MARION -- The Sultana Disaster Museum is ready to break ground after raising $6 million for a new, expanded museum. The former Marion High School gymnasium and auditorium at 54 Military Road will be ...

A new exhibit at the Arkansas state Capitol provides a sneak preview at plans to create a spacious state-of-the-art museum in Marion, detailing the deadliest maritime disaster in U.S. history. Four ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) – When you think of devastating maritime disasters, for many, the Titanic tragedy of 1912 instantly comes to mind. But 47 years before that, some historians believe an even ...

An artist's depiction shows the Sultana steamboat engulfed in flames on the Mississippi River near Memphis in 1865. Credit: Courtesy: Sultana Disaster Museum The country’s biggest maritime disaster ...

(WHTM) — It was the worst maritime disaster in American history. And yet, the explosion and sinking of the Mississippi riverboat Sultana was almost completely forgotten. Sultana measured 260 feet, ...

MARION — An Arkansas steamboat disaster that claimed more victims than the Titanic's fabled sinking merits a museum large enough for a full telling of the tragedy. Fundraising for such a vastly ...

The hook: A Cincinnati-built steamboat exploded in April 1865, killing some 2,000 people in what remains to this day the worst maritime disaster in the history of the United States. The SS Sultana was ...

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A new exhibit at the Arkansas state Capitol provides a sneak preview of plans to create a spacious state-of-the-art museum in Marion, detailing the deadliest maritime disaster in U.S. history. Four ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) – When you think of ...