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The Sultana steamboat sank in the Mississippi River, killing upwards of 1400 people (almost as many as the Titanic). Today the wreckage lies 37 feet below a soybean field in Marion, Arkansas.

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Fun Fact: The Sultana steamboat sank in the Mississippi River, killing upwards of 1400 people (almost as many as the Titanic). Today the wreckage lies 37 feet below a soybean field in Marion, Arkansas.

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