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  • Capt. James F. Allen
    Capt. James F. Allen
    TextNewspaper  Cape Vincent Eagle (Cape Vincent, NY), 23 Jun 1910     Capt. James F. Allen ____ Interesting Sketch of the Life of the Popular Steamboat Man - Commanded all the Folger Boats. ____ The Kingston Whig of June 23 contained the following concerning the late Capt. James F. Allen. Captain Allen was born ...
    TextNewspaper  Cape Vincent Eagle (Cape Vincent, NY), 23 Jun 1910   Capt. James F. Allen ____ Interesting Sketch of the Life of the Popular Steamboat Man - Commanded all the Folger Boats. ____ The Kingston Whig of June 23 contained the …
    Maritime History of the Great Lakes
  • The Sailing Schooner
    The Sailing Schooner
    TextNewspaper  Cape Vincent Eagle (Cape Vincent, NY), 8 Apr 1915     The Sailing Schooner ____ Will Soon Be a Thing of the Past On the Great Lakes ____ The indications are that is only a matter of time, and a short time at that, when the sailing vessel will have disappeared completely from the Great Lakes. During the ...
    TextNewspaper  Cape Vincent Eagle (Cape Vincent, NY), 8 Apr 1915   The Sailing Schooner ____ Will Soon Be a Thing of the Past On the Great Lakes ____ The indications are that is only a matter of time, and a short …
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  • Cape Vincent Eagle (Cape Vincent, NY), 12 Aug 1915
    Cape Vincent Eagle (Cape Vincent, NY), 12 Aug 1915
    TextNewspaper       The day of the old wind jammers on the lake is past. There are now 28 schooners in commission on Lake Ontario, where formerly there were several hundred, and they are nearly all Canadian owned, though nearly all once had an American register. As the old schooners and sail crafts …
    TextNewspaper     The day of the old wind jammers on the lake is past. There are now 28 schooners in commission on Lake Ontario, where formerly there were several hundred, and they …
    Maritime History of the Great Lakes
  • Hinckley, Ashore at Stony Point, Is a Total Wreck
    Hinckley, Ashore at Stony Point, Is a Total Wreck
    TextNewspaper  Cape Vincent Eagle (Cape Vincent, NY), 8 Aug 1929     Hinckley, Ashore at Stony Point, Is a Total Wreck According to advices from Henderson Harbor the steam barge Hinckley, which was beached by its owner, Capt. A. R. Hinckley, about ten days ago in Gravely Bay, between Henderson Harbor and Stony Point, is a total wreck, having been ...
    TextNewspaper  Cape Vincent Eagle (Cape Vincent, NY), 8 Aug 1929   Hinckley, Ashore at Stony Point, Is a Total Wreck According to advices from Henderson Harbor the steam barge Hinckley, which was beached by its owner, Capt. A. R. Hinckley, about …
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  • Ontario's Record For Lost Vessels
    Ontario's Record For Lost Vessels
    TextNewspaper  Cape Vincent Eagle (Cape Vincent, NY), 20 Nov 1919     Ontario's Record For Lost Vessels _______ Many Ships Have Mysteriously Disappeared Beneath the Waters of This Lake _______ (Toronto Telegram) Did the "Homer Warren," wallowing the welter of sulky slumbering seas as she pushed her way homeward ...
    TextNewspaper  Cape Vincent Eagle (Cape Vincent, NY), 20 Nov 1919   Ontario's Record For Lost Vessels _______ Many Ships Have Mysteriously Disappeared Beneath the Waters of This Lake _______ (Toronto Telegram) Did the "Homer Warren," wallowing the welter of sulky slumbering …
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  • Boat Building at Chaumont
    Boat Building at Chaumont
    TextNewspaper  Cape Vincent Eagle (Cape Vincent, NY), 12 May 1921     Boat Building at Chaumont ____ Captain Frank Phelps Has the Only Shipyard in This Section ____ About fifty years ago, according to a Chaumont correspondent, this section of Jefferson county could boast of three shipyards, one at Sackets Harbor, ...
    TextNewspaper  Cape Vincent Eagle (Cape Vincent, NY), 12 May 1921   Boat Building at Chaumont ____ Captain Frank Phelps Has the Only Shipyard in This Section ____ About fifty years ago, according to a Chaumont correspondent, this section of Jefferson county …
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  • Post Office Closed at Point Peninsula
    Post Office Closed at Point Peninsula
    TextNewspaper  Cape Vincent Eagle (Cape Vincent, NY), 6 Mar 1941     Post Office Closed at Point Peninsula ____ After more than 102 years the hamlet of Point Peninsula, once a thriving shipbuilding center during the early schooner days of the Great Lakes and later an oil-field boom town, lost its post office on the first day of last ...
    TextNewspaper  Cape Vincent Eagle (Cape Vincent, NY), 6 Mar 1941   Post Office Closed at Point Peninsula ____ After more than 102 years the hamlet of Point Peninsula, once a thriving shipbuilding center during the early schooner days of the Great …
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  • Cape Vincent Eagle (Cape Vincent, NY), 16 Nov 1922
    Cape Vincent Eagle (Cape Vincent, NY), 16 Nov 1922
    TextNewspaper       The large fishing tug, built at the Phelps shipyard, Chaumont, for Claude W. Cole, of this village, was launched last Thursday afternoon. The craft, considered to be one of the sturdiest built at Chaumont in years, will soon be ready to place in commission.
    TextNewspaper     The large fishing tug, built at the Phelps shipyard, Chaumont, for Claude W. Cole, of this village, was launched last Thursday afternoon. The craft, considered to be one of the …
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  • Cape Vincent Eagle (Cape Vincent, NY), 24 Aug 1922
    Cape Vincent Eagle (Cape Vincent, NY), 24 Aug 1922
    TextNewspaper       p.3 an article by Uncle Philander Jr.: "....What I am going to complain about is the fact that the siren failed to function last Saturday afternoon when the St. Louis, the hulk of the old pulp wood boat that has laid in the water in the eastern portion of the …
    TextNewspaper     p.3 an article by Uncle Philander Jr.: "....What I am going to complain about is the fact that the siren failed to function last Saturday afternoon when the St. Louis, …
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  • Syracuse Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY), June 27, 1935
    Syracuse Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY), June 27, 1935
    TextNewspaper       Intrepid Lake Master Dies at 79 on Farm _______ Capt. A. R. Hinckley Succombs After Short Illness. ____ Oswego. - An eventful career as a master of vessels and as a marine contractor on the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence river closed with the death of Capt. ...
    TextNewspaper     Intrepid Lake Master Dies at 79 on Farm _______ Capt. A. R. Hinckley Succombs After Short Illness. ____ Oswego. - An eventful career as a master of vessels and as …
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  • Rescued from Gale's Clutch
    Rescued from Gale's Clutch
    TextNewspaper  Syracuse Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY), Tues., Dec. 16, 1902     RESCUED FROM GALE'S CLUTCH ____ Five Persons, All of Oswego , Saved at Lakeside _____ HAD GIVEN UP ALL HOPE _____ Adrift on Angry Waves Thirty-Six Hours Without Food and Without Prospect of Help - Rescued After One of ...
    TextNewspaper  Syracuse Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY), Tues., Dec. 16, 1902   RESCUED FROM GALE'S CLUTCH ____ Five Persons, All of Oswego , Saved at Lakeside _____ HAD GIVEN UP ALL HOPE _____ Adrift on Angry Waves Thirty-Six Hours Without Food and …
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  • George Goble Dead At Oswego
    George Goble Dead At Oswego
    TextNewspaper  Syracuse Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY), 15 Oct 1906     George Goble Dead At Oswego _____ Well-known Shipbuilder and Mason of High Standing _____ Oswego, Oct. 14. - George Goble, an active participant in those scenes of the days of Oswego's maritime glory, when passage across the river might be had on the decks of ...
    TextNewspaper  Syracuse Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY), 15 Oct 1906   George Goble Dead At Oswego _____ Well-known Shipbuilder and Mason of High Standing _____ Oswego, Oct. 14. - George Goble, an active participant in those scenes of the days of …
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  • Barge Sherman Towed To Port
    Barge Sherman Towed To Port
    TextNewspaper  Syracuse Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY), 15 Oct 1906     Barge Sherman Towed To Port ____ Boat Wrecked in Gale on Lake Ontario Arrives in Oswego. ____ Oswego, Oct. 14, - The barge Sherman that was wrecked and beached on the southern shore of Lake Ontario near Sodus during the heavy gale of a week ago arrived ...
    TextNewspaper  Syracuse Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY), 15 Oct 1906   Barge Sherman Towed To Port ____ Boat Wrecked in Gale on Lake Ontario Arrives in Oswego. ____ Oswego, Oct. 14, - The barge Sherman that was wrecked and beached on …
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  • Lake Sailor of 58 Years, Retires From Service
    Lake Sailor of 58 Years, Retires From Service
    NewspaperText  Syracuse Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY), 16 Mar 1916     He lived at 14 W. Fifth St., Oswego. He died Sept. 13, 1921. A brother, Matthew, of Grantwood, N.J., died July 26, 1917. The family belonged to St. Mary's Church. He was survived by three sons, Dr. Patrick H. Hourigan of Buffalo, Daniel P. and Leo Hourigan; two daughters, Mrs. …
    NewspaperText  Syracuse Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY), 16 Mar 1916   He lived at 14 W. Fifth St., Oswego. He died Sept. 13, 1921. A brother, Matthew, of Grantwood, N.J., died July 26, 1917. The family belonged to St. Mary's Church. …
    Maritime History of the Great Lakes
  • Wayne Brewster, 91, Recalls Life as Sailor on Schooners 
in Bustling Trade on the Lakes
    Wayne Brewster, 91, Recalls Life as Sailor on Schooners in Bustling Trade on the Lakes
    NewspaperText  Syracuse Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY), 12 Jun 1940     Wayne Brewster, 91, Recalls Life as Sailor on Schooners in Bustling Trade on the Lakes ____ CAPE VINCENT - Sailing as a crew member upon the schooners that plied from Lake Ontario to Chicago in the busy years of inland water traffic following the Civil War, Wayne B. ...
    NewspaperText  Syracuse Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY), 12 Jun 1940   Wayne Brewster, 91, Recalls Life as Sailor on Schooners in Bustling Trade on the Lakes ____ CAPE VINCENT - Sailing as a crew member upon the schooners that plied from …
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  • Frank Phelps' Shipyard at Chaumont
    Frank Phelps' Shipyard at Chaumont
    TextNewspaper  Syracuse Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY), 28 Nov 1920     Frank Phelps' Shipyard at Chaumont ____ Of the Many That Once Nourished Along the Lake Shore It Alone Remains. ____ Of all the ship building plants that once flourished along the Jefferson county shore bf Lake Ontario, a single yard, that of Frank Phelps, at ...
    TextNewspaper  Syracuse Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY), 28 Nov 1920   Frank Phelps' Shipyard at Chaumont ____ Of the Many That Once Nourished Along the Lake Shore It Alone Remains. ____ Of all the ship building plants that once flourished along …
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  • Just Around the Corner
    Just Around the Corner
    TextNewspaper  Bertrande, Syracuse Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY), 27 Oct 1946     The breaking waves dashed high On a stern and rockbound coast. And the woods, against a stormy sky, Their giant branches tossed." When the schooner "Illinois" left Sacket Harbor with 104 passengers and a crew of nine bound for the village of Chicago on Lake Michigan. The date was May …
    TextNewspaper  Bertrande, Syracuse Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY), 27 Oct 1946   The breaking waves dashed high On a stern and rockbound coast. And the woods, against a stormy sky, Their giant branches tossed." When the schooner "Illinois" left Sacket Harbor with …
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  • When Fast Traveling was Done by Packets
    When Fast Traveling was Done by Packets
    TextNewspaper  Syracuse Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY), 9 Aug 1903     WHEN FAST TRAVELING WAS DONE BY PACKETS _____ Reminiscences of the Passenger Traffic of Central New York Fifty Years Ago Recalled by Discussion of Utility of Canals ____ NEWARK, N.Y., AUG. 8. - In these days when the utility of the canals is being ...
    TextNewspaper  Syracuse Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY), 9 Aug 1903   WHEN FAST TRAVELING WAS DONE BY PACKETS _____ Reminiscences of the Passenger Traffic of Central New York Fifty Years Ago Recalled by Discussion of Utility of Canals ____ NEWARK, N.Y., …
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  • C.W. Cole's Fish Tug Nearing Completion
    C.W. Cole's Fish Tug Nearing Completion
    TextNewspaper  Syracuse Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY), 14 Oct 1922     C.W. Cole's Fish Tug Nearing Completion ___ Staunch Lake Craft Will Soon Be Launched From the Phelps Shipyard, Chaumont ___ Another wooden steamer, fresh from the Chaumont yard, once so active but of ...
    TextNewspaper  Syracuse Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY), 14 Oct 1922   C.W. Cole's Fish Tug Nearing Completion ___ Staunch Lake Craft Will Soon Be Launched From the Phelps Shipyard, Chaumont ___ Another wooden steamer, fresh from the Chaumont yard, once so …
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  • Syracuse Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY), July 27, 1899
    Syracuse Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY), July 27, 1899
    TextNewspaper       No Trace Found of Mrs. Griffin ________ Unsuccessful Search of the Sunken St. Peter ________ Lake Diver Matoll makes Two Descents to the vessel, but Could Find Nothing of the Woman Supposed to have Been Imprisoned in the Cabin. ________ The tug John ...
    TextNewspaper     No Trace Found of Mrs. Griffin ________ Unsuccessful Search of the Sunken St. Peter ________ Lake Diver Matoll makes Two Descents to the vessel, but Could Find Nothing of the …
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