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The S.S. Iron Mountain was a stern-wheeler riverboat built in 1864. It was 180 feet long (60
meters) and had a beam of 35 feet (10 meters).
In June 1872, it was to make a journey from New Orleans, Louisiana to Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania along the Mississippi River. On its way, it left Vicksburg, Mississippi with
sugar, bailed cotton, and barrels of molasses that it towed on a string of barges. It also had
a crew of 55 men.
Later in the day, another vessel, the Iroquois Chief, found the barges that belonged to the
Iron Mountain floating, without restraint down the Mississippi River. After the crew of the
Iroquois Chief recovered the barges, they waited for the Iron Mountain to retrieve them, but
the Iron Mountain never showed up. It was apparent that the ropes on the barges had been
cut and not broken. The Iron Mountain nor the crew nor anything on the boat was ever seen
again.
Many theorize that the SS Iron Mountain was sabotaged and sank or that she was stolen
and somehow sailed or hauled out of the great Mississippi river. Still others believe the Iron
Mountain experienced some supernatural, other-worldly, catastrophic event similar to the
Bermuda Triangle disappearances.
One thing is for sure: No one alive knows for sure what happened.
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