Download or read book Treasure in a Cornfield written by Greg Hawley and published by Paddlewheel Press. This book was released on 1998-04-01 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Steaming up the Missouri River en route to the frontier, the Arabia carried 130 passengers and 220 tons of precious cargo. On September 5, 1856, a submerged walnut tree pierced her hull, sinking the Arabia one-half mile below Parkville, Missouri. In time the river changed course, leaving the Arabia and her priceless freight deep beneath a Kansas farm field. In 1988, four men and their families dedicated themselves to achieve what others could not; to recover the treasure from the Great White Arabia.