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The Iron Mountain was a stern-wheeler that plied the Mississippi River from 1864 until 1872.

Built in 1864, the boat was 54.86 meters long (180 feet) and had a 10.67 meter (35 foot) beam. Its fame comes from the fact that in June 1872 when traveling from New Orleans to Pittsburgh, loaded with cotton and sugar, it disappeared. It left Vicksburg with a string of barges following and 55 crew and passengers. It headed North and was never seen again. A following steamer, the Iroquois Chief, found the Iron Mountain's barges. The tow rope had been cut rather than broken. The barges were the only remains ever found.

References

• Strangely Enough, C. B. Colby, Oak Tree Press, Sydney, 1959 ISBN 0-8069-3918-4

External links

• Mississippi Trivia