Thanks, Greg Hawley

Our hearts go out to the Hawley family, of the Steamboat Arabia Museum, after reading this morning’s sad news that Greg Hawley was killed in a car wreck on Saturday.

Along with his father Bob and his brother Dave, Greg helped dig the steamboat’s wreckage out of a cornfield north of the river, where the Missouri River once flowed before changing course. In the deep, muddy hole, they found tons of frontier-bound cargo, which they cleaned up and put on display at the museum. It tells an amazing story of how we got to Kansas City and points west. We think it’s one of the coolest attractions in town.

Thank you, Greg Hawley, for making the city a better place. — By C.J. Janovy