The 13th annual Archaeology Fair is coming to the Marquette Regional History Center. You’re invited to celebrate International Archaeology Day Saturday, October 18th. Museum Educator Betsy Rutz says ...
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Ghost schooner lost 140 years ago found in Lake Michigan
The wreckage of a ‘ghost ship’ schooner that sank nearly 140 years ago has been discovered in Lake Michigan, marking a significant find in the history of maritime archaeology. The discovery of this ...
The F.J. King was built in 1867, and its 19-year career of hauling grain and iron was going well until one trip—transporting ...
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This Shipwreck Eluded Searchers for 139 Years. A Group of Historians and Citizen Scientists Found It in Two Hours
The 144-foot-long "F.J. King," which sank in Lake Michigan in 1886, was known as a "ghost ship" that nobody could locate ...
Since the 1970s, searchers have tried to locate the F.J. King, but conflicting accounts of its whereabouts when it sank hindered their efforts.
The Spring Creek site, by J. E. Fitting.--The Springwells Mound group, by J. R. Halsey.--The Butterfield site, by H. M. Wobst ...
After decades of scouring the bottom of Lake Michigan, searchers have finally found the wreckage of a “ghost ship” that sank during a ferocious storm almost 140 years ago off the ...
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Elusive shipwreck found on bottom of Lake Michigan after 139 years
BAILEYS HARBOR, Wis. - After more than a century at the bottom of Lake Michigan, an elusive shipwreck has been found, ...
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