Cost $35,000.
1856 First propeller built at Milwaukee; launched June 25.
1856, Aug 29 Enrolled Buffalo, NY; running Buffalo to Milwaukee & Sheboygan, WI.
1856, Oct 24 Ashore at mouth of Milwaukee River; hull damaged $15,000, cargo $23,500.
1857, May Recovered & repaired at Milwaukee.
1860, Mar 22 Change owners to Andrew J. Rich, et al, Buffalo, NY.
1860, Apr Owned Albert Tracy Lay,Chicago, IL.
1860, Jun 1 Grand Traverse Bay, Chicago and East Shore Line; Captain Boynton; leaves Chicago every Saturday for Traverse City & other parts.
1862, Oct Struck by brig on Lake Huron, repaired Chicago.
1864, Apr 27 Collided with schooner H.C. WINSLOW off Mikwaukee, no appreciable damage.
1865, Apr 13 167.25x28.35x10.5 feet, 582.45 gross tons.
1867, Apr 20 Owned A. T. Lay, Chicago, ILL.
1871, May 8 Owned Abram Smith et al, Algonac, MI.
1872, May 10 Aground at the Flats in St. Clair River, had barges in tow with lumber.
1872, Oct 22 Collision with bark TANNER on Lake Erie; damage to ALLEGHANY pilot house & mast.
1873, April 5 Cabins removed Algonac, MI.
1875, June 22 Rebuilt Algonac with 1 deck & 1 mast, 167.25x28.35x10.5 feet, 346.30 gross tons; same owners; new ceiling, decks, cabins, & arches.
1879, Apr 19 Owned Abigail Weston, Painted Post, NY.
1879, May 20 Owned Charles Weston, Tonawanda, NY and The Chicago Lumbering Co.
1883, Apr 28 Suspension Bridge, NY readmeasured, 166.7x29.4x14.2 feet; 401.84 gross tons and 267.37 net tons.
1883, Jan 2 Large repairs Port Huron; machinery overhauled by Port Huron Drydock Iron Works.
1888-89 Re-engined with 28x30" high-pressure engine from steamer F.R. BUELL (1881).
1891 Third engine from Samuel Hodge Works of Detroit, high-pressure.
1896, Oct 28 Stranded on Summer Island, Lake Michigan in fog, Damaged $6,000. Recovered but found unfit for further service & laid up.
1897, Jul 29 Documents surrendered Detroit; vessel lost.