by import2 | September 13, 2025 | Boatnerd Archives
1871 1871: The bark S.D. POMEROY was anchored off Menominee, MI, during a storm. Archie Dickie, James Steele, John Davidson, and James Mechie were seen lowering the yawl to go to shore. Later, the empty yawl drifted ashore, and then the bodies of all four men...
by import2 | September 12, 2025 | Boatnerd Archives
1871 1871: After an extremely dry summer, forests were burning all over the Great Lakes region in the autumn of 1871. The smoke from these fires affected navigation. Newspaper reports on this date stated that 38 ships and four strings of barges anchored near Point...
by import2 | September 11, 2025 | Boatnerd Archives
1876 1876: The schooner HARVEST HOME sank on Lake Michigan while bound from Chicago, IL, for Cleveland, OH, with a load of scrap iron. She was about 26 miles off Grand Haven, MI. The crew was taken off by the schooner GRACIE M. FILER just as the boat was going down....
by import2 | September 10, 2025 | Boatnerd Archives
1870 1870: The barge N. MILLS was launched at P. Lester’s yard in Marysville, MI. Her dimensions were 164 feet x 30 feet x 12 feet. 1884 1884: The 137-foot steam barge HENRY HOWARD was sailing upbound with the schooner barge GEORGE WORTHINGTON in tow when...
by import2 | September 9, 2025 | Boatnerd Archives
1871 1871: Captain Hicks of the schooner A.H. MOSS fired the mate, a popular fellow, in a fit of anger at the same time that a tug arrived to tow the schooner out of Cleveland, OH. The crew was upset to say the least, and when the towline was cast off and Captain...
by import2 | September 8, 2025 | Boatnerd Archives
1860 1860: The wooden passenger and freight steamer LADY ELGIN sank in Lake Michigan following a collision with the schooner AUGUSTA with an estimated 297 deaths. 1868 1868: HIPPOCAMPUS (wooden propeller; 152 tons; built in 1867 at St. Joseph, MI) stranded in a...
