1854 Built Cleveland, Ohio by Stephens & Presley for passenger &
freight service
1855, April 11 Enrolled Detroit, owned William Ferry, et.al., Grand
Haven, Michigan; running between Chicago & Grand Haven
1857, March 28 Enrolled Chicago, owned Martin Ryerson, et.al, Chicago
1859 Running Green Bay, Sheboygan, Manitowoc
1860 On Muskegon - Chicago run
1863 Repaired
1865 Large repairs
1867, April 4 Enrolled Chicago, owned A.F. Goodrich, to run Chicago &
Muskegon
1868, April 24 Chicago; Owned Goodrich Transportation Company,
Manitowoc, Wisconsin
1868, August 19 Official number US 18914 given; enrolled Milwaukee,
147.3' x 27.7' x 8.4', 416.46 gross tons, Green Bay to
Chicago route
1869, March 16 Enrolled Detroit, owned S.W. Morgan & Jake Gordon,
Detroit; serving Saginaw lumber trade
1869, June Burst steam pipe, drifted onto Pelee Island, Lake Erie &
stove bottom; recovered & taken to drydock, Detroit;
machinery removed, converted to barge
1870, April 27 Enrolled Milwaukee as barge, 1 deck, 1 mast, 142.8' x
27.7' x 8.4', 258 gross tons; owned Goodrich
Transportation Company; in lumber trade
1871 Enrolled Detroit, owned Robert J. Hackett, et.al., Detroit
1872 Enrolled Detroit, owned Western Transportation & Coal Company
1872, December Among group of barges loaded with coal for Detroit when
ice burdened off Middle Bass Island, Lake Erie & sank
1873, September 5 Detroit District documents surrendered "vessel total
loss"
