Lake Erie Winds: shipwrecks

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Showing posts with label shipwrecks. Show all posts

Showing posts with label shipwrecks. Show all posts

Wednesday, December 21, 2011

Still Missing: The Enduring Legacy of the Marquette & Bessemer #2

Marquette & Bessemer #2 docked at Port Stanley, Ontario This is third and final installment of my series on the ill-fated car fer...

Friday, December 9, 2011

Lake Erie's Greatest Mystery Part 2: The Search for the M&B2

Captain Robert Rowan McLeod circa 1895 When the Marquette & Bessemer #2 sailed out of Conneaut Harbor the morning of December 7, 19...

Wednesday, December 7, 2011

Lake Erie's Greatest Mystery: The Tragedy of the Marquette & Bessemer #2

December 7th is remembered as -- in the immoral words of FDR -- "a day which will live in infamy" because of the Japanese att...

Friday, November 25, 2011

The Real Black Friday

The lumber hooker Marshall F. Butters, wrecked on 'Black Friday', 1916. (author's collection) The term "Black Friday...

Saturday, August 27, 2011

Lost Shipwreck Found!

One of the things that makes living along Lake Erie so special is the presence of so many shipwrecks off our shores. I've heard it said...

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About Me

Rich Norgard: I was born and raised in Port Clinton, Ohio, along the shores of Lake Erie. My Dad used to tell me about the “old slave ship” that burned offshore, less than half a mile from our home. When I landed my first job as a reporter and photographer for the local newspaper I began to collect information about that old slave ship, the historic sailing ship Success. This quest became first a hobby and then a passion and, finally, a writing career. I enlisted in the Army and retired after 20 years as a Chief Warrant Officer. I worked for another 15 years as an investigator in Alaska before returning to the shores of Lake Erie. My first novel, Trophy Kill, is a murder mystery set in Alaska. Work on my second novel will commence shortly as I continue to complete Heart of Teak, the history of the old ship Success.

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