USS Sultana
USS Sultana is a site in Marion, Arkansas. April 27, 1865—the steamboat that killed 1,800 freedmen. The presence its accounts keep returning to is the one they call the 1,800. The dossier holds 2 reported claims, 1 legend, 1 documented fact and 1 named or described presence — documented record and retelling kept side by side. The site is open to visitors.
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Is USS Sultana haunted?
The record holds 2 claims, 1 legend, 1 named entity — filed as reported, not verified. The heaviest filing is classed documented legend. The archive documents the claim; it takes no position on the ghost.
The record — long form
Sultana is the '65 — the 'April 27' that's the 2 a.m., the '1,800' that's the died. The '376' is the capacity — the '2,400' that's the crammed, the '$5 a head' that's the greed. The 'patched' is the boiler — the 'Taylor' that's the warned, the 'Mason' that's the rushed.
The 'Andersonville' is the passengers — the 'POWs' that's the survived camp, the 'home' that's the almost. The 'forgotten' is the news — the 'Lincoln' that's the buried, the 'Booth' that's the killed. Sultana is the buried — the 'soybean field' that's the 20 feet, the 'Marion marker' that's the remembers.
The file keeps Sultana: the 1865 explosion, the 1,800 dead, the patched boiler, and the soybean grave.
USS Sultana is the archive's Arkansas file — the ship itself.
Why this file matters
USS Sultana is the archive's Arkansas file — the greed's explosion.
A wreck keeps its toll — the file's suggestion being that Sultana's hold is the forgotten: the '1,800' that's the died, the 'patched' that's the boiler, and the 'soybeans' that's the buried.
The record of claims
The dead are reportedly seen. Witnesses name it The 1,800; the name travels further than the proof. USS Sultana's file is thin on proof and long on persistence — the standard profile of American place-lore. It's a documented legend: the telling is real, the contents remain folklore. Sources including 'Sultana (alt)' keep the claim in circulation. The name gives the haunting a face, and the sightings give the name a job.
Reported a presence at the site. USS Sultana's file is thin on proof and long on persistence — the standard profile of American place-lore. It's anecdotal evidence in the strictest sense — stories, repeated, unresolved. The figure remains the site's most-repeated sighting. The file stays open on it.
The dead are reportedly seen. USS Sultana's file is thin on proof and long on persistence — the standard profile of American place-lore. It's a documented legend: the telling is real, the contents remain folklore. The report is preserved in sources like 'Sultana (alt)'. As folklore it's unkillable: the story is too good, and the place too fitting, to let go.
Alleged entities
The dead are reportedly seen. The presence goes by The 1,800. USS Sultana's file is thin on proof and long on persistence — the standard profile of American place-lore. A named spirit outlasts an anonymous one; the file's name is The 1,800. The lore keeps its witness. It remains the site's standing claim.
Documented history
The April 27, 1865 explosion is documented. USS Sultana's past is on record — the entry belongs to the verified layer beneath whatever lore attaches. The record holds it as fact — documented, not retold. 'Sultana (alt)' documents the entry. The entry's timeline holds it; the lore holds the rest. The reports keep the address on the map.
Verified historyWikipedia
Sources on file
- 01Sultana (alt)Wikipedia · encyclopedia · A4
Field notes & open questions
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