In 2025, Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks (FWP) acquired Judith Landing as the state’s newest state park. And while its official designation is recent, the site's roots stretch deep into the past.

The side-wheel steamer Arabia was constructed in 1853 for powering through the muddy Missouri ... from the river bank beneath 45 feet of earth; it then became the focus of the Arabia Steamboat ...

Holly Messinger, the textiles conservator at The Arabia Steamboat Museum, carefully laid out the pieces of a frock coat, an 1850’s relic recovered from the bottom of the Missouri River.

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