Rich County Reaper | 1934-03-16 | Page 5 | Missouri River Bottom Hides Rare Old Whisky

missouri river bottom hides rare old whisky IS k Y kansas city mo alo the repeal of the eighteenth amendment and the revival of shipping on the missouri occasioned the recollection recently that at least three old time river steamers laden with good whisky lie in the bottom of the river one of them bearing sl 1 barrels ot of whisky en route from st louis to wichita Wl chita kan went down near ailigh bee mo lo 10 in isol another carrying barrels of whisky sank near council bluffs iowa five years later A boat owned by george S west and laden with liquor was wrecked near omalia in 1863 many attempts to recover the liquor have failed