Lonestar
Towboat in LeClaire, Iowa, United States. Added to the National Register in 1989, and a National Historic Landmark.
What it is
Lone Star is a wooden hull, steam-powered stern-wheeled towboat in LeClaire, Iowa, United States. She is dry docked and on display at the Buffalo Bill Museum in LeClaire. Built in 1868, she is the oldest of three surviving steam-powered towboats, and the only one with a wooden hull. She was declared a National Historic Landmark on 20 December 1989.
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The record
| Property type | Structure |
| Address | Buffalo Bill Museum, LeClaire, IA |
| County | Scott County |
| Listed | Dec 20, 1989 |
| Reference number | 89002461 |
| Type of place | pusher, preserved watercraft |
| Designations | National Historic Landmark |
| Contributing resources | 1 structures |
The nomination form, the document that argues why this place matters, is in the National Archives: Read the nomination ↗
Visiting
| Address | Buffalo Bill Museum, LeClaire, IA |
| Coordinates | 41.60731, -90.32879 · Directions ↗ |
| Nearest national park unit | Herbert Hoover National Historic Site · 53 mi · on Park Atlas |
| Federal campgrounds nearby | Fishermans Corner 4 mi · Bulger'S Hollow Recreation Area 24 mi · Thomson Causeway 26 mi |
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Sources
Location, dates, type and contributing counts come from the National Park Service's National Register spatial data. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 89002461. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The description under "What it is" is the opening of the Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA.