Paddle wheel pushes LaBarge sternwheeler down Missouri River

December 14, 2012 | 6:00 a.m. CST

The paddle wheel of the Joseph M. LaBarge pushes the boat down the Missouri River on Dec. 1 near Cooper's Landing. Although much of the sternwheeler has been restored, parts of the boat are still intact from when it was built in the 1930s.

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