Researchers in Wisconsin recently discovered a long-lost “ghost ship,” hidden in Lake Michigan for nearly 140 years. The Wisconsin Historical Society (WHS) announced the discovery on Sept. 15. In a ...
WISCONSIN — For nearly 140 years, the F.J. King — a 144-foot-long, three-masted schooner, which traditionally carried grain and iron ore — was missing after sinking somewhere off the shoreline of ...
The ship is still mostly intact on the bottom of Lake Michigan. Tamara Thomsen / Wisconsin Historical Society On September 15, 1886, the F.J. King was transporting a load of iron ore across Lake ...
BAILEYS HARBOR, Wis. — A "ghost ship" that sank in Lake Michigan nearly 140 years ago and eluded several search efforts over the past five decades has been found, according to researchers with the ...
Long rumored to be on the floor of the lake but never seen, the schooner had eluded divers and taunted storytellers for generations. It was miles off the Door Peninsula in Wisconsin. By Mark Walker ...
Citizen scientists discovered a ghost ship that had eluded historians and shipwreck hunters for decades, lying at the bottom of Lake Michigan. "A few of us had to pinch each other," said Brendon ...
A “ghost ship” that sank in Lake Michigan nearly 140 years ago and eluded several search efforts over the past five decades has been found, according to researchers with the Wisconsin Underwater ...