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Coming Events October 16, 1999 Wisconsin Underwater Archeology Association fall meeting in Milwaukee. Business meeting at 9:30 am at the Milwaukee public library. Lunch cruise on the yacht Edelweiss starting at noon. Contact Tom Villand at 608-221-1996 or email [email protected] November 20, 1999 Gales of November in Duluth, MN. Additional information is available by phone at 218- 727-2497 or by email at [email protected]. December 4, 1999 Sole Survivor program at the Milwaukee public library at 6:45 pm. Dennis Hale's story of the sinking of the Daniel Morrell his survival. Presented by the Wisconsin Lake Schooner Education Association and the Wisconsin Marine Historical Society. To register call Kelly at WLSEA (414) 276-7700.

For those interested in the study and preservation of Wisconsin’s underwater history and cultural resources. Wisconsin’s UNDERWATER HERITAGE

Vol.9 No. 3 A publication of the Wisconsin Underwater Archeology Association September 1999

Bullhead Point Stone Ship Wrecks by Jeff Gray and Danny Aerts

or the last several years, in underwater archeology. Each fall, sec- early May (usually just after the ond year students at ECU have the Fice went out), a small group of option of attending a field school to WUAA members routinely congregat- gain hands on underwater archeologi- ed at Bull Head Point in Sturgeon Bay. cal experience. Often facing the spring rains, the Dr. Rodgers wanted to give his stu- team would spend these weekends dents the opportunity to work fin to fin crawling over the remains of three with both state and vocational archeol- vessels located in the shallow water of ogists. Being familiar with the wrecks, Cruise the River Sturgeon Bay. The two-day field ses- SHSW, WUAA and the area (he is a sions produced substantial archeologi- Green Bay native), Dr. Rodgers with WUAA at cal data, but completion of the site believed the Bull Head Point wrecks plans and report lingered due to the were ideal for the field school. the Fall Meeting short field sessions. However, this fall an opportunity arose for WUAA mem- On September 9, 1999, the crew See details on page 2. bers to spend two weeks working the arrived in Wisconsin to begin the pro- wrecks with the State Historical ject that will last until September 27. Society of Wisconsin and East Throughout the project WUAA mem- Carolina University. bers and archeologists from the SHSW will work with the ECU group to build Late this summer, Dr. Bradley off the data previously collected and Rodgers (you may remember Dr. complete the survey of the Ida Corning, Aerial view of Bullhead Point Rodgers as the lecturer from last Empire State, and Oak Leaf. A jointly wreck site, Sturgeon Bay spring’s workshop, "Sail, Steam, and produced report is anticipated for the Profit Margin") sometime next year. approached the State Historical Society and The Empire State was a wooden WUAA with a proposal to steamer built in Buffalo, NY, by Mason bring a field school to & Bidwell in 1862. The dimensions Wisconsin. Dr. Rodgers is were; length 212 feet, beam 32.7 feet, a professor in East draft 12.2 feet, gross tons 1116.53 and Carolina University’s net tons 962.8. The registry number Program in Maritime was 7229. History and Underwater In her prime the Empire State was a Archeology, one of only a well known passenger ship. Operating few programs in the for the Western Transit Company, she United States that offers carried many an immigrant to the new graduate degrees in lands opening up in the midwest. A

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Wisconsin’s Fall Meeting Underwater Heritage is published During the cruise Jim Landwehr will he fall meeting of the quarterly by the Wisconsin speak on the maritime history of Wisconsin Underwater Underwater Archeology Milwaukee. Association, a nonprofit associa- Archeology Association will T Choices for dining include: chicken tion of individuals and organiza- take place Saturday, October 16 in princess, stuffed pork chop or white- tions interested in studying and Milwaukee. (See the flyer enclosed in fish almondine. The cost per person is preserving the underwater cul- this newsletter.) $30. We would like payment by the tural resources and historical The business meeting will be held first of October so we can confirm sites of Wisconsin. at the Milwaukee Public Library, 814 reservations. Payments may be mailed W. Wisconsin Avenue, Milwaukee and In addition to publishing this to: WUAA, P.O. Box 6081, Madison, will begin at 9:30 am. newsletter, the Association also WI 53716. Contact Tom Villand at 608- holds semiannual meetings and An important item of business to 221-1996 for more information or to provides support to members’ take care of is the election of officers confirm your reservation. research and publication pro- and directors. The term of office is for The Edelweiss docks at Riverfront jects. Annual membership dues two years. As has been mentioned pre- Plaza, located at 1110 Old World Third are $15. For membership infor- viously, WUAA needs your help, Street, Milwaukee. mation, contact the secretary or whether in an officer’s capacity or oth- write to the address below. erwise. Please let us know if you are After the cruise we have the opportunity to tour the Wisconsin Lake President: interested in helping out. Also during Schooner project. This is the tour we Jeff Gray the meeting, we will be making plans took in April of 1998 when construc- Madison, 608-271-1382 for winter activities that people may want to get involved in, hear reports tion was just beginning. Now things Vice-President regarding activities that have taken have progressed dramatically. Cost of Andy Jalbert place this summer and discussing the tour is $5 per person. The Madison, 608-257-4840 other association business. Wisconsin Lake Schooner shipyard is Secretary: located at the Milwaukee Maritime At noon we will be boarding the Tom Villand Center, 500 North Harbor Drive, luxury dining yacht Edelweiss for a Madison, 608-221-1996 Milwaukee. two hour luncheon cruise of the Treasurer: Milwaukee River and the harbor. Danny Aerts Madison, 608-233-2066 Directors: Dick Boyd Delafield, 414-646-2092 Craig Fink Neenah, 414-722-0051 Bob Korth Shawano, 715-787-4444 Placing the sinker on Janet Defnet the Frank O’Connor. Mukwonago, 414-363-9874 photo by Al Brown Send correspondence to: WUAA PO Box 6081 Madison, WI 53716 email: [email protected] website: www.mailbag.com/users/wuaa/ September 1999 Wisconsin’s Underwater Heritage 3

The Path towards Wisconsin’s Maritime Trails

W.A.T.E.R. Institute also provided the Side Bar he State Historical Society of project with the 70-foot research ves- One of the greatest strengths of the Wisconsin’s underwater arche- sel Neeskay and crew to lower the Wisconsin’s Great Lakes Shipwrecks ology program has continued T sinker into the water (the Neeskay and web site has been its striking under- its efforts, with cooperation from crew also assisted in the Niagara water images. If you have any images divers, businesses, other governmen- mooring last year). of our featured wrecks that would be tal agencies, and local communities, appropriate for the site, we would to continue the development of mar- Shipwrecks of Wisconsin love to see them. We can not guaran- itime trails. Trails in both Lake web site tee that all images submitted will be Michigan and Lake Superior will edu- The SHSW and University of published on the site, but we will put cate divers and non-divers alike Wisconsin Sea Grant’s Shipwrecks of on as many as possible. If you are about the state’s maritime history by Wisconsin web site interested, please call Jeff Gray (608/ featuring and interpreting ship- (www.seagrant.wisc.edu/shipwrecks) 264-6493) or John Karl (608/ 263- wrecks, lighthouses, historic dock has developed substantially over the 8621). works, and other maritime resources. last few months. The site now fea- Shore-side historic markers, visitors' tures "Sailing through Death’s Door: Dive Guides materials, and shipwreck moorings, Wisconsin’s Lake Michigan Last fall the SHSW and Sea Grant for improved access and safety, will Shipwrecks" and "Ice-Water introduced visitors' guides for seven be incorporated into the trails. The Mansions: Wisconsin’s Lake Superior of Wisconsin’s Lake Superior ship- following is a report on recent devel- Shipwrecks." The latest additions to wrecks. The rugged, waterproof opments that will be integral compo- the site are the Niagara and Frank guides are designed to go along on nents of the trail: O’Connor featured on the Lake dives or to be read for pleasure. The Moorings Michigan page. These sites feature 9.5" x 6.5" slates offer interpretive expanded information on the wrecks tours of the wrecks at the sites or at The SHSW shipwreck mooring effort and their histories, including historic home. Featuring site maps, schemat- started in 1997 with the placement of and underwater photographs. The ics, diving information, vessel data a buoy on the schooner Noquebay Frank O’Connor page features two and histories, the guides are great for located off Stockton Island in the narrated video clips, which take the anyone interested in the Great Lakes, Apostle Islands. The following year viewer on an underwater tour of the shipwrecks, maritime history, or two additional moorings were set: the wreck. Look for similar clips featuring underwater archeology. The SHSW Lucerne, located off Long Island in the Niagara, Pretoria, and Lucerne in and Sea Grant are currently develop- the Apostle Islands, and the steamer the coming months. New wrecks (the ing a set for the shipwrecks of Lake Niagara located off Port Washington. Louisiana, Pilot Island wrecks, and Michigan and these should be avail- This past July, SHSW archeologists the Hetty Taylor) will be added to the able in late spring or early summer of and members of WUAA secured two site in the next year. 2000. Watch for more information in mooring buoys to the Frank O’Connor, A new feature on the Wisconsin future issues of Underwater Heritage. located in Door County. One buoy is Shipwrecks web page debuted this secured to the O’Connor’s museum- month called Notes from the Field: quality triple expansion steam engine Underwater Archeologists in Action. (located in the stern), while another Members of a shipwreck survey team was set near the bow. The second will send in daily reports and pho- buoy is anchored to the lakebed by an tographs allowing browsers to follow 1800-pound sinker made from three the project "as it happens." The first locomotive pistons, donated by a installment of Notes from the Field will Wisconsin diver, and welded together follow the survey of the Bull Head by the University of Wisconsin- Point wrecks in Sturgeon Bay (see Milwaukee W.A.T.E.R. Institute. The article on Bull Head Point). 4 Wisconsin’s Underwater Heritage September 1999

Bullhead Point continued from page 1 well appointed ship, she was very pop- Unfortunately a strong northwest couple of hours, in spite of the jerking ular with the many prominent people wind set in, the full force of the gale strain of the line from the Monarch who traveled up and down the Great threatening to push the Empire State pulling out the posts, the disabled Lakes after the Civil War. She had sev- further on the beach. The tugs George steamer began to move and was final- eral different owners and by the turn Nelson and Gladys Nau had lines on ly floated free. The greatest damage of the century had been purchased by the steamer and when the seas would was done to the rudder post, but there the Barry Bros. Transportation Co. The lift her they made an effort to pull her was no sign of any leakage in the Empire State and running mate Badger off. All they were able to accomplish hold. The Empire was towed to the State were frequent visitors to Green was to keep the Empire State from Rieboldt & Wolter shipyard where the Bay and to Door County ports. going further on the beach. The fury rudder post was repaired. One very foggy night in July 1900, of the storm heightened, the tow line For three days the passengers, the Empire State was groping her way to the Gladys Nau parted, and the including several women, were at the along the east shore of Green Bay. She Nelson, hampered by the heavy seas, mercy of the gale. While their ship was headed for the Sturgeon Bay ship was compelled to let go. The storm knocked around on the beach, Captain canal on her passage to Buffalo, New drove the Empire State on the beach Powell was able to assure them that York. At that time she was owned by higher than ever. they were in no particular danger, but the Lackawana & Green bay Line. She One day later the tug Monarch, as the Door County Advocate reported, was heavily loaded with bushels of along with the Gladys Nau and the "It is superfluous to state that all will oats and package freight as well as Nelson, dredged around the Empire. no doubt long remember their trip on carrying thirteen passengers. It was Some cargo was jettisoned to lighten this occasion." difficult going - her only source of the vessel, between 5000 and 8000 On Christmas Day in 1906 she navigation, the Peshtigo Light Ship, bushels of oats and a large amount of burned at the Barry Dock in Chicago. was lost in the fog. Suddenly she went packet freight. Upon the arrival of the The cost of repairing her was too great hard aground on a gravelly beach near Torrent, all four tugs got lines aboard so she was made into a stone barge Sugar Creek, south of Little Sturgeon. the Empire. The strategy this time was and taken over by the Sturgeon Bay She was no more than 100 feet from for the Gladys Nau, Nelson and Stone Co. owned by Lars Jensen and shore. The bottom there was com- Torrent to pull steadily while the Soren Termenson. posed of sand over cobblestones. Monarch jerked, her lines attached to The Ida Corning was a wooden, the windless and pall-posts. After a

Bullhead Point wreck site, Sturgeon Bay

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two-masted ship built in East Saginaw, dock brought up on the beach at the belonging to Capt. Henry Kelly of Michigan by Arnold in 1881. The Boat Works, where she afterward Lorain, Ohio. Her early years were dimensions were; length 168.0 feet, released herself with kedge anchors. spent trading between ports on Lake beam 31.3 feet, draft 10.9 feet, gross The steamer then attempted to make a Erie and Lake Michigan. During most tons 444.71 and net tons 422.47. The landing and ran head-on into the dock of this time she was under the com- registry number was 44283. of the Goodrich company, breaking the mand of Capt. Hugh Morrison, a Originally she was one of many heavy timbers and doing fully $150 husky, one armed skipper, from ships engaged in carrying lumber and damage, which with the $40 or $50 Cleveland, Ohio. She usually carried a other cargo on Lake Michigan. She damage on the city dock made it a crew of from six to eight men. was owned by L.P. Mason in 1888 and pretty expensive landing. In her later years as she plied her by Hines Lumber Co. in Chicago in Owing to the big seas running the way up and down the lakes she often 1900. barges Filer and Corning were left out met another schooner bearing the When the steamer George Presley in the lake all night riding out the same name. This ship was smaller, sunk in 1905, her owner, Captain storm in safety, the wind shifting into being a two-master and only 86 feet Isabel, sold the steel arches from her the NW before morning and the sea long with a beam of 24 feet. (This ship bulwarks to the owners of the Ida going down. The Oscoda went out was built in Gibraltar, MI in 1895 and Corning. These arches went to shore Tuesday morning and brought the two was lost in 1910.) Both ships carried up her deck. In 1907 she was pur- boats into the canal, where the lumber and general cargo. chased by the Sturgeon Bay Stone Co. Corning was dropped off and Filer The Oak Leaf was a sturdy, well as an unrigged barge, and placed in brought down to L. & S. wharf. In built schooner and was always com- the stone trade. Her delivery to landing this craft the steamer got the manded by men who kept her ship- Sturgeon Bay was exciting. tow line in her wheel, and was help- shape at all times. less. The little steamlaunch Ariadne of In April of 1908, the steambarge By 1918 her type of cargo had the canal superintendent's office Oscoda left Chicago on a Saturday been taken over by steamers and rail- brought the Corning down to the city. evening with the barges S.J. Tilden, roads and she was converted into a D.L. Filer and Ida. Corning in tow. The Being unable to get the wheel out it tow barge. Her last years were spent first two were bound to Marinette for was necessary to send to Green Bay as a stone barge in the Sturgeon Bay cargo while the Corning was to be for a diver, the two divers living here Stone Co., during which she was delivered to her new owners at the being at work on the Glasgow wreck. involved in a few incidents. Diver Green arrived Wednesday morn- Sturgeon Bay Stone Co. Everything In September of 1906, when off ing and after working all day succeed- went lovely until Sunday night when Kewaunee the stone barge Oak Leaf, ed in extricating the hawser. they encountered a terrific storm from in tow of the steambarge I.N. Foster, the northeast. The boats were kept The Oak Leaf was a wooden, three- also stone laden, sprang a leak while going and weathered the gale all right, masted schooner built in Cleveland, bound to Holland, Mich. She was reaching the canal Monday afternoon. Ohio by Peck & Kirby in 1866. The taken into Kewaunee, where the leak In shortening line to run into the canal dimensions were; length 160.0 feet, was temporarily stopped with sawdust. the hawser between the Tilden and the beam 31.2 feet, draft 10.7 feet, gross As repairs could not be made at that Filer parted, the latter and the Corning tons 395 and net tons 375. Registry port the Oak Leaf was brought back to going adrift. They immediately number was 19106. However, one Sturgeon Bay, when the services of a dropped their anchors, which kept source saws she was originally 319 diver were secured in the person of them from going to the beach. gross tons, 303 net, 129.9 feet long, Henry Fritschler, who on examining The steamer brought the Tilden up 31.9 feet beam and 11.2 feet draft. the bottom of the craft found that a to the city and in attempting to land She received a new deck in 1874, was seam on the port side near the keel her at the Goodrich dock the craft slid rebuilt in 1886 and lengthened 1891. had opened about a foot. He put a along the wharf and after breaking off She went into service as one of the a bunch of protection piles at the city many ships in the famous fleet continued on page 6 6 Wisconsin’s Underwater Heritage September 1999

Bullhead Point ... continued from page 5 Recent WUAA Activities patch over the opening and the boats some boat probably brought the body members spent left port for their destination. to the surface Sunday. WUAAthe last week of When ten miles off Pentwater on After the stone trade fell off, the July diving the wreck Christina the following day she began to leak Oak Leaf, Empire State and Ida Nilson. She is located near the light- badly and it was impossible to keep Corning were left moored at the stone house in Bailey’s Harbor, in Door the water down. A steam pump was quarry dock. In 1931a blaze broke out County. The goal was to finish the rigged up and with this the craft was on the barge Ida Corning and spread underwater work so Fil Ronca can kept afloat. Early Sunday morning the to the barge Oak Leaf, making quite a complete the drafting. Hank Whipple Holland life-saving crew went to their flame. From the Oak Leaf the fire will then complete the report. Another assistance and when they reached the moved over to the steamer Empire dive may be made to check out a few harbor there was two feet of water in State. No attempt was made to save minor details. the hold. A diver was engaged to the ships. The annual meeting of the make an examination and he reported Today, the remains of the Ida Association for Great Lakes Maritime that the repairs made at this port had Corning, Empire State and Oak Leaf History was held in Sturgeon Bay been put on in the wrong place, and as serve as reminders of Door County’s from September 9-12. The Door soon as the sawdust had worked out once-thriving limestone industry. County Maritime Museum hosted the of the real hole again the trouble Boats like these shipped untold tons of event that included several recep- began. limestone and lime to cities around the tions, business meetings, roundta- A tragedy occurred in August of Great Lakes for building harbors, bles, historical presentations, and 1908. The body of a man was found bridges, foundations, breakwaters, several tours. One of the highlights of floating in Sturgeon Bay near the flour railroad beds and highways. the weekend was a shipwreck dive mill dock on the west side by a couple led by the State Historical Society of of ladies who were out in a row boat. Wisconsin and WUAA. The dives on References The police were notified and undertak- Saturday took place at the Leathem er Hahn took charge of the corpse and State Historical Society Of Wisconsin interred it in the Potters field at Frederickson, Arthur C. and Lucy F., Bayside. 1963, Ships and Shipwrecks in Door For several days the identity of the County, Wisconsin, v.2. dead man was unknown, but it was Burridge, George Nau, 1990, Green WUAA Divers at the found that his name was Francis C. Bay Workhorses: The Nau Leathem & Smith Quarry site Brown and his home was in Tug Line. Washington, D.C. He was about 30 Door County Advocate, April years old and unmarried. 30,1908 Sept. 6&20, 1906 The deceased had been employed Aug. 27, 1908 Dec. 5, 1912 on the barge Oak Leaf, and the last June 26, 1931 seen of him was on Tuesday, August Rowe, Alan, 1979, Hollow 18, the evening of the day the boat left Pits Sunken Ships : The Story for an east shore port with stone. At Of Wisconsin's Forgotten that time he was laying asleep on Stone Fleet. some plank that had been laid on top of the deckload of stone and it is sup- Stabelfeldt, Kimm A., 1993, posed that after dark he rolled into the Explore Great Lakes bay. The current from the wheel of Shipwrecks,, Volume II September 1999 Wisconsin’s Underwater Heritage 7

Wisconsin Shipwrecks and Archeology Featured in PBS Documentary and Smith Quarry site north of magine swimming over a ship- Davidson’s Goliaths is currently Sturgeon Bay on the wrecks Hurd and “ wreck, made of oak, that is larg- being solicited to other public televi- Mueller. This is the site WUAA mem- I sion markets around the Great Lakes. er than a football field,” boasts the bers mapped and researched, produc- Distribution and broadcast is pending. documentary "Ghost Ships: ing the publication Report on the To help promote its broadcast, contact Davidson's Goliaths." Well on Leathem and Smith Quarry, 1990- your local public television station. If September 8, 1999, viewers of 1993. Unfortunately, the Sunday dive you are interested in purchasing a Milwaukee Public Television were on the Frank O’Connor was cancelled copy of Davidson’s Goliaths, please see able to do just that as they watched due to bad weather. www.ghostships.com or call (608/264- the one-hour program. 6493). Also taking place in Sturgeon Bay When it came to building wooden but at Bullhead Point, WUAA members ships, nobody built them larger than On September 29, 1919, after load- have been involved in continuing the James Davidson of West Bay City, ing 3,000 tons of coal, the Frank project on the three wrecks located Michigan. Davidson's goliaths sailed O’Connor left Buffalo, New York bound there, the Ida Corning, Empire State and steamed across the Great Lakes for Milwaukee. Around 4 p.m. on and Oak leaf. This time there is a dif- during the latter half of the 19th cen- October 2, a fire broke out in the for- ferent twist; we are working on the tury and well into the 20th. These ward section, forcing the captain to project along with East Carolina State massive ships fed the hungry grain turn toward the Wisconsin shore 10 University, which is running a field markets and lumberyards. They car- miles away. Flammable grain and coal school there. Students from ECU, ried coal to fuel new industries, and dust caked the O’Connor’s interior and directed by Professor Bradley Rodgers the iron ore for a new steel age. Today, fed the blaze. Roughly an hour later, and the SHS Underwater Archeology the only examples of these architectur- the steering gear burned away, and the program are surveying the site and will al and engineering marvels are under- crew abandoned the helpless vessel produce a report and drawings. The water. This underwater video, pro- about two miles from Door County’s project will continue through the end duced by WUAA member Allen Brown Cana Island. The O’Connor burned well of September. and based on the archaeological report into the night and sank in 65 feet of Plans are also being made for a sec- by the State Historical Society, takes water where it is found today with ond edition of the WUAA Madison viewers along with the historians and much of its hull and machinery still area dive book, Our Four Lakes, Their archeologists who dive into the Great intact. (For more information on the Legends, Sites and Secrets. Several Lakes to explore the mysteries of Frank O’Connor see Davidson’s chapters will be updated. An organiza- Davidson's Goliaths. The Wisconsin Goliaths). tional meeting has been held and it is shipwrecks Frank O'Connor, Pretoria, hoped the project will be complete by and Appomattox are featured. the end of the year. 8 Wisconsin’s Underwater Heritage September 1999

Jason Project Comes to Wisconsin

By Andrew Jalbert

In July, WUAA participated in a coop- nology. The UW Sea Grant Institute trip out, Jeff went over boat safety and erative educational project together (which sponsors the Jason Project the history of the wreck we were with The University of Wisconsin Sea locally) contacted Jeff Gray to see if about to visit. When Jeff had finished, Grant Institute and Bob Ballard’s Amanda could be included in an I gave Amanda a full dive safety brief- Jason Project. The project involved archeological dive to gain some expe- ing. Amanda Pitterle, a Verona high rience and to see first hand what We anchored over the Christina school student who was one of three underwater archeologists do on a site. Nilson and I entered the water while chosen statewide to compete for a slot Jeff decided to coordinate Amanda’s Jeff stayed topside to help Amanda as one of Jason Project’s Argonauts in dive with WUAA’s Christina Nilson with a last minute gear check and to Florida. (for more information on the project in Door County. help her into the water. The purpose of Jason Project, see Amanda and her father met the our first dive was twofold: getting (www.seagrant.wisc.edu/Education/m WUAA survey crew at the Baileys Amanda comfortable in the water and adisonjason11/teachersinvite(2).html Harbor boat launch to set up gear, go to view the orientation of the wreck. #jason11) Part of her application over the procedures we would be fol- Visibility was poor (approximately 5 requirement for the Jason Project lowing on the dive and discuss the feet) but by staying close to the involved an essay in which she indi- project and underwater archeology. wreckage, Amanda could make out the cated her interest in underwater tech- Amanda had been SCUBA certified a important features. After a brief sur- few weeks earlier and face interval, we descended once more had very little experi- to map some of the framing and take a ence. That however, did few pictures. Although conditions not curb her enthusiasm were marginal, the dive was a success. and despite less than Amanda had the chance to see her favorable water condi- first shipwreck and learned more tions, Jeff, Amanda and about underwater archeology. A future I headed out to the WUAA member? wreck in the Sea Grant research vessel. On the

Amanda Pitterle at the Christina Nilson. photo by Andrew Jalbert September 1999 Wisconsin’s Underwater Heritage 9

Regional News & Events

Sole Survivor - An inspiring tale Dr. Charles Herdendorf, professor of shipwreck and survival. emeritus in Limnology and oceanogra- On Saturday December 4th, 1999, at phy at Ohio State University, will present 6:45 p.m. the Wisconsin Lake Schooner the evening program following a 6 pm Education Association and the dinner. Dr. Herdendorf played an integral Wisconsin Marine Historical Society will part in the scientific investigations and present Dennis Hale's extraordinary development of educational materials story of his survival and the loss of the related to the wreck of the SS Central Daniel J. Morrell on November 29, America. 1966. The program will include an Tickets for the day programs are $15 underwater film of both halves of the each and for the dinner and evening pro- A Maritime Tale Morrell wreck. Maritime Exhibits will be gram $25 each. Tickets are available provided prior to the evening shows. from the Lake Superior Marine Museum An Irish sailor considerably dis- The Milwaukee Public Library Association at P.O. Box 177, Duluth, MN figured but still on deck, was Centennial Hall, 733 N. 8th Street. (Hall 55801. Additional information is avail- met by another who said, "Phat entrance is located on the East side of able by phone at 218-727-2497 or by happened ta ye matey? How kim the main library building.)Doors open email at [email protected]. ye by the bow ye have on ye: at 5:50 P.M. Addition to Great Lakes sur'n yer port light is out an' yer starboard wan won't show tin Admission is $20.00. Advance tickets Shipwreck Research website p'ints on the horizon. How kim (before November 26) are $10.00 for Brendon Baillod has placed the entire ye by it?" WMHS/WLSEA members and $15.00 WUAA/SHSW publication catalog online for non-members. in the Great Lakes Shipwreck Research "'Twas a fight wid a pirate," To register call Kelly at WLSEA 414- Bookstore: answered the disfigured one. "I wint ta Mate Hennessey's wid- 276-7700 http://www.execpc.com/~bbaillod/books din'. I used ta know hur that he /booktable.html Gales of November married, an' coorted hur afore he The 12th annual Gales of November The site has been getting pretty good did, an' afore I unmoored, I pulled Shipwreck and Diving program will be traffic recently and features every new alongside of Tim Casey's grog held at the Holiday Inn in downtown and used Great Lakes shipwreck, shop an' spliced the main brace Duluth, MN, on Saturday, November 20, underwater archeology, marine history wan or two times just ta get 1999. The Lake Superior Marine and diving book, map and video in his steerage way. When I fetched the Museum Association of Duluth and the collection. It now includes nearly 100 harbor whare the widdin' was, titles and Brendon continues to add Corps of Engineer’s Lake Superior I tuk a luk aroun' the compass more daily. It includes links from every Maritime Visitor Center will be hosting p'ints ta see if I could hail a ship- item to sites at which it is sold. the event. mate, but whin I got ta sow Programs will run from 9 am to 4 soweast I got my sidelights on a pm, with a variety of presenters from fellow that was dressed up ta kill Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan and an' puttin' on airs ta beat the Ohio. Displays and exhibits on diving captain on a Sturgeon Bay equipment, charters and publications will steamboat, an' I bore down on be available. him like a Malay pirate w'ats tryin ta board ye, an' I sez ta him, 'who the hell are ye?' 'I'm the best man, sez he-an' he was!" courtesy of P.J. Creviere WISCONSIN UNDERWATER ARCHEOLOGY ASSOCIATION FALL MEETING AND MILWAUKEE RIVER LUNCHEON CRUISE

Saturday, October 16, 1999 Business meeting: 9:30 am, Milwaukee Public Library, 814 W. Wisconsin Avenue, Milwaukee. Luncheon Cruise: Two hours on the yacht Edelweiss, starting at noon. The Edelweiss docks at Riverfront Plaza, located at 1110 Old World Third Street, Milwaukee. Speaker: Includes a talk by Milwaukee Maritime Historian Jim Landwehr.

Luncheon Menu Main Course selections: Chicken Princess - Rolled with monterey jack cheese and fresh asparagus. Served with rice and vegetable. Stuffed Pork Chop - Served with mashed potatoes and sauteed fresh vegetables. Whitefish Almondine - Served with rice and fresh vegetable.

All lunches include: Freshly baked bread & butter Edelweiss garden salad with ranch dressing Dessert - apple strudel with a touch of cinnamon and whipped topping. Beverage - coffee, iced tea or milk

For more information please contact Tom Villand at (608) 221-1996, or email us at [email protected]. Please cut off and send in the reservation form below by October 1, 1999.

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