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For early 20th-century artist Frederick Tanqueray (“F.T.”) Anderson, it is hard to know what came first–his love of watercolors or his love of steamboats. Anderson found inspiration through memories of boyhood travels down the Mississippi River to New Orleans. In fact, many regarded him as the leading river scenes painter of all time, according to … Arts Center exhibit partners with steamboat symposium early November

Two archaeologists are among the contributors participating in a day-long symposium dedicated to exploring the steamboat’s influence on Arkansas. The presenters, Lindsay Scott, who has focused her research on nautical archaeology, and Skip Stewart-Abernathy, recently retired from the Arkansas Archaeological Survey, will present as part of the panel titled “Into the Water: The Sinking and … Steamboat symposium to feature archaeology experts