1874, Jul 8 Maiden trip; runs Cleveland - Duluth.
1874, Jul 4 Enrolled Detroit; owned Solomon Gardner.
1875, Apr 10 Owned Alvin C. Burt, Detroit; ran chicago - Grand Haven.
1876 Wards Lake Superior Line; ran Detroit - Lake Superior weekly.
1877, Apr 24 Owned John Pridgeon, Detroit, MI; ran Chicago - Duluth.
1880, Apr 28 Owned J. Pridgeon & Charles Spencer, Chicago, IL.
1881, Apr 28 Owned C. Spencer & Lyman Hunt, Chicago.
1884 Grounded Copper Harbor, MI.
1886, May 6 Rebuilt at Buffalo, 202 x 36 x 13.5; 1,310.41 gross / 912.43 net tons; steel arches.
1887 Ashore South Fox Island, Lake Michigan.
1888, Mar 1 Enrolled Chicago; owned Lake Michigan & Lake Superior Transportation Co., S. F. Leopold, president.
1889 Left Washburn for chicago with 3000,000 feet lumber.
1889, May collision with steamer ROANOKE at Sault Ste. Marie, then with RUFUS P.RANNEY.
1889, Oct Ran on reef near Baraga, MI, Lake Superior; significant damage.
1890, Jul 1 Grounded at Church's Point near Sault Ste Marie.
1891, Jun Grounded on Graham's Shoals near Cheboygan, MI.
1891 Equipped with Royal Signal Co. engine telegraph.
1892 Hard aground in Hay Lake Channel, foot of Sugar Island.
1896, Apr 23 Enrolled Duluth, MN; same owner, John Flynn managing owner.
1896, May 1 Grounded in river at St. Joseph, MI.
1897, May 15 Collision with MARISKA, Sault Locks.
1897 - 98 Chartered for winter by Graham & Morton Co., ran Chicago - Benton Harbor.
1898, Jan 2 Wrecked St. Joseph piers, Lake Michigan.