It is not often that I believe someone who says they ate a 150 year old pickle, but seeing is believing! The Arabia Steamboat Museum is definitely its own secret treasure - not well known outside of Kansas City, but by far one of the greatest collections recovered from a shipwreck of all time. The Arabia traveled down the Missouri River in 1856 carrying 200 tons of everyday items to sell in general stores along the frontier. Along the way, this steamboat encountered a 'snag'in its travels. So finally I come across the origin of this euphemism, a 'snag' was an tree trunk under the surface of the river. According to our excellent guide, over 300 steamboats were snagged!