During the summer of 2001 the Oklahoma Historical Society, the P.A.S.T. Foundation and the Indiana University are offering a 3-credit underwater archaeology field school dealing with the Red River Steamboat Wreck.
Credit is available for both graduate and undergraduate students.
Much of the wreckage, which lay buried and preserved under an Oklahoma pasture until the river shifted, is now visible at low water. Portions of the hull, steam engine, and the paddle wheel can be seen at or near the surface during summer low water. Dr. William B. Lees, Oklahoma Historical Society, Oklahoma City. Fort Towson Historic Site, Fort Towson, Oklahoma. All students will be notified as to their admittance to the field school upon acceptance.