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Media Types: Publications- Media Types: Newspapers
- Groups: Detroit and Michigan newspapers
- Year: 1869
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- Detroit Free Press (Detroit, MI), 20 Aug 1869
"SHIPWRECK AT GREEN BAY - During the Southeast gale on the 14th, the small schooner Art Palace, commanded by "Commodore Peg-Leg," and used as a floating bagnio (brothel), anchored off Cedar River, in Green Bay, but dragged until she struck upon the rock-strewn shore, when she filled ... "SHIPWRECK AT GREEN BAY - During the Southeast gale on the 14th, the small schooner Art Palace, commanded by "Commodore Peg-Leg," and used as a floating bagnio (brothel), anchored off …Maritime History of the Great Lakes - Oswego Advertiser & Times (Oswego, NY), Nov. 19, 1869 Oswego Harbor. - John Austen photographed the harbor a few days since, when the river was spanned by shipping below the bridge and the lower harbor was filled with craft of all kinds. The view is taken from an eminence on Oneida street, and presents a portion of the trestle-work … Oswego Harbor. - John Austen photographed the harbor a few days since, when the river was spanned by shipping below the bridge and the lower harbor was filled with craft …Maritime History of the Great Lakes
- Detroit Free Press (Detroit, MI), June 21, 1869 BARK FANNY CAMPBELL . - The tug Clematis arrived late Friday evening, having in tow the bark Fanny Campbell, which has gone into the Campbell, Owen ... BARK FANNY CAMPBELL . - The tug Clematis arrived late Friday evening, having in tow the bark Fanny Campbell, which has gone into the Campbell, Owen ...Maritime History of the Great Lakes
- Benton Harbor Palladium (Benton Harbor, MI), 8 January 1869 The schooner A. P. Dutton , belonging to P. M. Kinney , of this town, is missing. She left Chicago on the evening of Dec. 8th , for ... The schooner A. P. Dutton , belonging to P. M. Kinney , of this town, is missing. She left Chicago on the evening of Dec. 8th , for ...Maritime History of the Great Lakes
- Detroit Free Press (Detroit, MI), Tues., 8 Jun, 1869 NOTE: The 404 t. Canadian bark FANNY CAMPBELL had been built by Louis Shickluna at St. Catharine's the previous year. In 1877 she became what was probably the first Great Lakes tanker, when $10,000 was spent on the installation of large iron tanks in her hold for the transportation of … NOTE: The 404 t. Canadian bark FANNY CAMPBELL had been built by Louis Shickluna at St. Catharine's the previous year. In 1877 she became what was probably the first Great …Maritime History of the Great Lakes
- Detroit Free Press (Detroit, MI), Jun 12, 1869 *A. Ward - Probably refers to Artemus Ward, a popular satirist of the time. "Artemus Ward" was the pen name of Ohioan Charles Farrar Browne, journalist and writer. Ward wrote in an exaggerated American dialect and was the literary precursor and possible inspiration for Mark Twain. The change of skippers … *A. Ward - Probably refers to Artemus Ward, a popular satirist of the time. "Artemus Ward" was the pen name of Ohioan Charles Farrar Browne, journalist and writer. Ward wrote …Maritime History of the Great Lakes
- Commercial Press (Pultneyville, NY), November, 1869 Disaster - The schooner John Weden, of Detroit, collided with a vessel on the night of Oct. 27th, on Lake Ontario, and came ashore at Fairbanks' Point, about two miles below here, on the 28th. She had on board about 14,000 bushels of corn, consigned to Oswego. The insurance companies … Disaster - The schooner John Weden, of Detroit, collided with a vessel on the night of Oct. 27th, on Lake Ontario, and came ashore at Fairbanks' Point, about two miles …Maritime History of the Great Lakes
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