Beyond the Windswept Dunes: The Story of Maritime MichiganBeyond the Windswept Dunes takes the reader into a world of maritime adventure as it was experienced by the sailors, passengers, rescue workers, shipping magnates, industrialists, and many other people whose livelihoods revolved around Michigan’s port city of Muskegon. At one time the leading edge of westward expansion, Muskegon was a place where lumbering and lakers merged and where rails met decks, a place situated midway along the coast of a great and sometimes stormy inland sea. Here Elizabeth Sherman offers both a shipping history and a portrait of the city. The events covered range from the visit by the British sloop H.M.S. Felicity in 1779 through Muskegon’s boom years as "Lumber Queen of the World," from the city’s revitalization with the opening of the St. Lawrence Seaway to its recent establishment of a floating museum complex for historic naval vessels. The book’s focus is on the ships themselves—such as the Lyman M. Davis, Salvor, Highway 16, and Milwaukee Clipper—vessels that were noteworthy for being the first of their kind or for their popularity, unusual and distinctive careers, or tragic losses. A number of ships were lost in Lake Michigan near Muskegon Harbor, and the stories of some of the most notable wrecks and rescue missions appear in this book, including the psychic intervention that led the William Nelson to the exciting rescue of the crew aboard the sinking Our Son. The book offers many first-hand statements of shipwreck survivors and other witnesses, lending an authentic voice to the accounts. |
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... Muskegon / Elizabeth B. Sherman. p. cm. — (Great Lakes books) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0 ... Lake—History. 8. Shipwrecks—Michigan—Muskegon Region—History. 9. Shipwrecks—Michigan, Lake—History. I. Title. II ...
... Muskegon / Elizabeth B. Sherman. p. cm. — (Great Lakes books) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0 ... Lake—History. 8. Shipwrecks—Michigan—Muskegon Region—History. 9. Shipwrecks—Michigan, Lake—History. I. Title. II ...
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... Muskegon native, raised on Muskegon Lake and someone who often played along the Lake Michigan shore, I'm ashamed to admit I grew up knowing next to nothing about Muskegon's maritime history. Of course, the Milwaukee Clipper and Highway ...
... Muskegon native, raised on Muskegon Lake and someone who often played along the Lake Michigan shore, I'm ashamed to admit I grew up knowing next to nothing about Muskegon's maritime history. Of course, the Milwaukee Clipper and Highway ...
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The Story of Maritime Michigan Elizabeth B. Sherman. Muskegon's Earliest Days J \ 'or The ... Lakes discovered on their travels that the coastlines of the Inland Seas presented an ever-changing panorama. From the marshy wetlands of western ...
The Story of Maritime Michigan Elizabeth B. Sherman. Muskegon's Earliest Days J \ 'or The ... Lakes discovered on their travels that the coastlines of the Inland Seas presented an ever-changing panorama. From the marshy wetlands of western ...
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... Lake Michigan reveals on that side an ugly and poor landscape. High sandhills rise several hundred feet from the ... Muskegon, Grand Haven—would be built along the protected waters where they met the dunes and Lake Michigan, providing ...
... Lake Michigan reveals on that side an ugly and poor landscape. High sandhills rise several hundred feet from the ... Muskegon, Grand Haven—would be built along the protected waters where they met the dunes and Lake Michigan, providing ...
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... Muskegon Lake and other west Michigan waterways. As they were elsewhere in the Great Lakes region, these lakes and rivers were the lifeblood for those making a livelihood there, providing the main routes for transportation, commerce ...
... Muskegon Lake and other west Michigan waterways. As they were elsewhere in the Great Lakes region, these lakes and rivers were the lifeblood for those making a livelihood there, providing the main routes for transportation, commerce ...
Contents
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3 Steamships and Car Ferries of Muskegon | 53 |
4 Maritime Muskegon in the Twentieth Century | 113 |
New Ships and Old | 151 |
The Good Captain | 155 |
Angus LinklaterThe Granada | 157 |
Capt J D DunbarThe R B King | 159 |
Frank BlakefieldThe Erie L Hackley | 169 |
Doc Ray CookeThe Alabama | 171 |
Guy E JonesThe Naomi | 175 |
Capt Edward MillerThe Muskegon | 177 |
Lyman NedeauThe Salvor | 181 |
Notes | 185 |
Glossary | 193 |
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