Title: The Christmas Tree Ship
Description: Every year Captain Herman Schuenemann and his 'Christmas Tree Ship' would bring a load of fresh Christmas trees from Michigan to Chicago. But in 1912, the fully loaded ship was unable to withstand a winter storm and sank in Lake Michigan near Two Rivers, Wisconsin.
Subjects: Christmas trees, Juvenile literature, Rouse Simmons (Schooner), Transportation, Shipwrecks
Places: Lake Michigan
People: Herman Schuenemann (-1912)