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Searchers uncover wreck of luxury steamer lost in Lake Michigan more than 150 years ago


The ship left Milwaukee for Grand Haven, Michigan, in a gale on the night of Oct, 13, 1872, with 53 passengers and crew and a cargo of barley, pork, flour and whiskey.

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