Steam boat burns on the Upper Red River in Arkansas
On the Upper Red River in Arkansas, the steamboat Cam Howell was destroyed by fire, taking with it 760 bales of cotton and tons of animal hides. No-one was reported killed. (By John Osborne)
Source Citation
Francis Vincent, Vincent's Semi-Annual United States Register.... 1st of January and 1st of July, 1860 (Philadelphia: Francis Vincent, 1860), 51.