Bertrand (steamboat)

Bertrand Site
Model of the Bertrand
Bertrand (steamboat) is located in Nebraska
Bertrand (steamboat)
Bertrand (steamboat) is located in the United States
Bertrand (steamboat)
Nearest cityBlair, Nebraska
Coordinates41°31′24″N 96°1′44″W / 41.52333°N 96.02889°W / 41.52333; -96.02889
Built1864
NRHP reference No.69000138 [1]
Added to NRHPMarch 24, 1969

The Bertrand was a steamboat which sank on April 1, 1865, while carrying cargo up the Missouri River to Virginia City, Montana Territory, after hitting a snag in the river north of Omaha, Nebraska. Half of its cargo was recovered during an excavation in 1968, more than 100 years later. Today, the artifacts are displayed in a museum at the DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge near Missouri Valley, Iowa. The display makes up the largest intact collection of Civil War-era artifacts in the United States, and are an invaluable time capsule of everyday life during that period.

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.