looking for steamship in the caddo lake area if your intrested you can look for

[Eli]

theres a steamship called the mittie stephens and it sunk in caddo lake from hay that caught fire and there were many deaths.it was said to believe that there was a big safe full of gold on the ship so if you are intrested you can look for it,it was in the caddo lake area from mooringsport so near jefferson tx is a good place to start thx!

 

[romeo-1]

You do realize that you are posting in "Today's Finds" don't you? There are many, many other forums on this site for this type of post...or for "for sale" posts...

 

[Lakemonster]

The safe was recovered.

The Mittie Stephens left New Orleans for Jefferson on February 5, 1869, with passengers and an assorted cargo, including 274 bales of hay. A breeze blew a spark to the hay from the torch baskets that lighted the bows of the boat, and the fire that resulted could not be contained. The boat headed for the shore, 300 yards away, but grounded in three feet of water. The bow and forward part of the boat was engulfed in flames; the stern was in deep water. The pilot and the engineer kept the wheels running in an attempt to force the boat to shore; the action of the wheels pulled the people struggling in the water into them and killed most of them. The Mittie Stephens burned to the water line. Her safe, bell, boilers, and machinery were salvaged shortly after the sinking. Parts of the wreck could be seen above the water until the early twentieth century.

Source: http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/etm02

Would be neat to check out for relics though.