Navigation along the Wildcat River is more hazardous than it appears, particularly along a patch of whitewater rapids just east of River City. In the 1980s, a historic paddleboat named The Duchess ran aground on some of these rocks near a wooded portion of the shoreline. The Duchess had been sailing the river since the 1890s, and had been just a few years shy of her centennial. But the ship didn't completely sink. Her wreck clung to the rocks and can still be seen in all her ruined glory.
Wreck of the Duchess
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