This Great Lakes History Log is presented by Filer Credit Union, and the Mason County Historical Society. Masters of the Ludington Steamers Stories of Ludington’s cross-lake rail fleet captains and other port mariners By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief On the night of Nov. 7, 1947, a violent gale swept across Lake Michigan as the freighter Jupiter lay disabled near the entrance to…
Veterans Day 2026 This Great Lakes History Log is presented by Filer Credit Union and the Mason County Historical Society. By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief In August 1918, Cpl. Edwin Harold Ewing carried messages through heavy German artillery fire along the Vesle River in France. The 24-year-old soldier from Ludington had been entrusted with maintaining communications between battalions of the U.S. Army’s…
This Great Lakes History Log is presented by Filer Credit Union, and the Mason County Historical Society. Masters of the Ludington Steamers Stories of Ludington’s cross-lake rail fleet captains and other port mariners By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief The wind was driving massive waves toward Ludington on the evening of Nov. 11, 1940, when Capt. Jens M. Vevang tried to guide the…
This Great Lakes History Log is presented by Filer Credit Union and the Mason County Historical Society. By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief Editor’s note: On Nov. 10, 1975, the SS Edmund Fitzgerald sank on Lake Superior, killing all 29 men aboard. The SS Wilfred Sykes was among the freighters that participated in the subsequent search. In October, I spent five days aboard…
This Great Lakes History Log is presented by Filer Credit Union, and the Mason County Historical Society. Masters of the Ludington Steamers Stories of Ludington’s cross-lake rail fleet captains and other port mariners By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief On Nov. 11, 1940, as the Armistice Day Storm swept across the Great Lakes, Capt. Alfred “Fred” Londry made the decision to keep his…
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