Great Lakes History Log

Muskegon’s E.G. Crosby, a Great Lakes captain who died on the Titanic

November 17, 2025

Great Lakes History Log is presented by Filer Credit Union with offices in Manistee, Ludington, East Lake, and Bear Lake and the Mason County Historical Society, which operates the Port of Ludington Maritime Museum, Historic White Pine Village and the Rose Hawley Archives in downtown Ludington. By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief When the R.M.S. Titanic sank on April 14, 1912, the…

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Armistice Day Storm of 1940 took the lives of 64 sailors, sank 3 ships

November 11, 2025

Great Lakes History Log is presented by Filer Credit Union with offices in Manistee, Ludington, East Lake, and Bear Lake and the Mason County Historical Society, which operates the Port of Ludington Maritime Museum, Historic White Pine Village and the Rose Hawley Archives in downtown Ludington. Watch the accompanying video here:    Listen to the Great Lakes History Log Podcast…

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VIDEO: Recalling the day the Edmund Fitzgerald sank, a local perspective

November 3, 2025

Great Lakes History Log is presented by Filer Credit Union with offices in Manistee, Ludington, East Lake, and Bear Lake and the Mason County Historical Society, which operates the Port of Ludington Maritime Museum, Historic White Pine Village and the Rose Hawley Archives in downtown Ludington. By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief LUDINGTON — As Nov. 10 approaches, many in the Great…

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The shipwrecks of 1929: The Halloween sinking of the Senator

October 31, 2025

Great Lakes History Log is presented by Filer Credit Union with offices in Manistee, Ludington, East Lake, and Bear Lake and the Mason County Historical Society, which operates the Port of Ludington Maritime Museum, Historic White Pine Village and the Rose Hawley Archives in downtown Ludington. Part 4: S.S. Senator By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief The last four months of 1929…

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The story of Ida Anderson, Ludington’s Titanic connection

October 21, 2025

Great Lakes History Log is presented by Filer Credit Union with offices in Manistee, Ludington, East Lake, and Bear Lake and the Mason County Historical Society, which operates the Port of Ludington Maritime Museum, Historic White Pine Village and the Rose Hawley Archives in downtown Ludington. By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief A small and shiny marker sits at the corner of…

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