Remembering the Pere Marquette 18, Sept. 9, 1910 This Great Lakes History Log is presented by Filer Credit Union, the Port of Ludington Maritime Museum and Sable Points Media. By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief LUDINGTON – Marge Christiansen grew up knowing that her great-grandfather, Capt. Peter Kilty (1860-1910), had died aboard one of the most famous ships in Ludington history. But in her family, Kilty…
This Great Lakes History Log is presented by Filer Credit Union, the Port of Ludington Maritime Museum and Sable Points Media. Masters of the PM Steamers By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief At 9:45 p.m. on July 4, 1963, the first of about 1,000 fireworks shells rose from the decks of the Badger off Milwaukee’s lakefront. Mortars near the bow and stern sent their charges into…
This Great Lakes History Log is presented by Filer Credit Union, the Port of Ludington Maritime Museum and Sable Points Media. Masters of the PM Steamers By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief At 4:30 p.m. Saturday, June 30, 1917, the Goodrich Transportation Company excursion steamer Christopher Columbus prepared to leave Milwaukee for Chicago with 413 passengers aboard. About 200 of them were University of Chicago students.…
This Great Lakes History Log is presented by Filer Credit Union, the Port of Ludington Maritime Museum and Sable Points Media. Editor’s Note: Until now, the Masters of the PM Steamers series has focused on the captains of the vessels in Ludington’s cross-lake railroad ferry fleet. Today, we introduce the first feature about those who were nearly as important to the operation of the…
This Great Lakes History Log is presented by Filer Credit Union, the Port of Ludington Maritime Museum and Sable Points Media. By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief On Saturday, Aug. 22, I made what amounted to a maritime pilgrimage to Kewaunee, Wis., a small city whose history is inseparably connected to the development — and eventual end — of railroad carferry service across Lake Michigan. Kewaunee…
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