Year of Build:

1842

Official Number:

20026

Built at:

Buffalo, NY

Vessel Type:

Schooner

Hull Materials:

Wood

Number of Decks:

1

Builder Name:

Bidwell & Banta

Original Owner:

Jay & Webster

Number of Masts:

2

Length:

98'

Beam:

26.2'

Depth:

9.2'

Tonnage (old style):

217.34

Final Location:

Off Long Point, Lake Erie

Date:

2 Nov 1874

How:

Wrecked

Notes:

Broke up in storm trying to run to shelter; crew rescued by steamer SAINT PAUL

1842 Enrolled Buffalo, New York

1843, November Grounded Milwaukee, Wisconsin; jettisoned 200 barrels

salt

1845, November Ashore Buffalo; released

1846, October Ran Buffalo to Chicago with grain

1850, March Owned G.T. Williams, Buffalo, New York

1855 Enrolled Milwaukee, Wisconsin; large repairs

1857, October Grounded at Chicago; released by tug MCQUEEN

1858, December Damaged sails & rigging on Lake Michigan

1860 Owned G.A. Norris, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

1861 Enrolled Detroit, Michigan

1863 Owned Ellery & Spaulding, Port Huron

1865 166 gross tons

1866 Rebuilt & enlarged

1867, April 12 Owned Cummings, S.Geel & J.H. Squier, Detroit, Michigan

1867, September Lumber laden, aground head Bois Blanc Island

1868 Rebuilt; 166.71 gross tons; owned Port Huron, Michigan

1870, April 13 Owned George R. Green, Lakeport, Michigan

1871 Owned Farrands & Green, Detroit

1874 Wrecked, Lake Erie

From the Collection of:

C. Patrick Labadie