Title: The Christmas tree ship
Description: Describes the annual voyage of the Rouse Simmons ship bearing Christmas trees to Chicago, highlighting its final tragic voyage in 1912, when the captain, crew, and cargo were all lost, and the ship's wreckage not recovered until 1971.
Subjects: Christmas trees, Rouse Simmons (Schooner), History, Juvenile literature, Michigan, lake, Michigan, juvenile literature
Places: Region Michigan, Lake
People: Herman Schuenemann (d. 1912)