The story (as I heard it) was that some wealthy gentleman had bought her surplus and was going to have her brought up the river to (somewhere), but due to the river becoming shallow and narrow, she only made it to Muskogee and there she stays.
Now might be a good time to finish the journey.
(Although, I’m sure the fellow is long gone by now)
Glad she’s still floating and not sitting flooded out in the silt.
We were living in Tulsa when the first ocean going ship made it to the port of Catoosa.
It was a German ship and the captain and crew were surprised by the welcome. In an interview, the captain said they originally had some problems as the river buoys, navigation directions etc. were the very opposite of European rivers.
The actual story is that she was acquired for the museum in Muskogee and brought up the river on six barges. I was there, on the barges.