Prologue Magazine is a quarterly published by the National Archives and
Records, filled with stories based on information in regional archives and the
Presidential libraries. This story talks about the discovery in 2006 of one of the
ships on the Great Lakes that brought trees into Chicago and
other ports on Lake Michigan to sell as Christmas trees. Not only do you learn
about shipping on the Great Lakes and the Christmas tree ships in general, you
will also find out about one of the great captains, Herman Schuenemann, and the
ship wreck that cost him his life. This little slice of American history brings
to life real people that you seldom find out about in reading American history
text books.
Records, filled with stories based on information in regional archives and the
Presidential libraries. This story talks about the discovery in 2006 of one of the
ships on the Great Lakes that brought trees into Chicago and
other ports on Lake Michigan to sell as Christmas trees. Not only do you learn
about shipping on the Great Lakes and the Christmas tree ships in general, you
will also find out about one of the great captains, Herman Schuenemann, and the
ship wreck that cost him his life. This little slice of American history brings
to life real people that you seldom find out about in reading American history
text books.
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