LAKE MICHIGAN – The shipwreck legend of ... of large waves and its overload of cargo that sent the Rouse Simmons straight to the bottom. “It’s also likely that the estimated eight feet ...

It's been 107 years since the Rouse Simmons sank in Lake Michigan on a journey from the Upper Peninsula to Chicago. The schooner was carrying thousands of Christmas trees, and it has now become ...

The Rouse Simmons received its nickname “The Christmas Tree Ship” from this holiday cargo she carried to southern Lake Michigan cities. Fifteen people, including some local lumberjacks ...

100 years ago a terrible storm on Lake Michigan was responsible for the sinking of the Rouse Simmons, otherwise known as the Christmas Tree Ship. The ship loaded with Christmas trees and headed ...

Despite the foreboding clouds on the horizon, the vessel headed toward Muskegon, setting its sails as it slipped into the heart of Lake ... Rouse-Simmons was transporting Christmas trees from ...

The Rouse Simmons, also known as the Christmas Tree Ship, sank on November 23rd back in 1912 after a violent storm on Lake Michigan. It was last seen off the coast of Two Rivers. It was bound for ...

It is hard to venture through Christmas season without hearing the story of the Rouse Simmons, the famed ... to various other ports along Lake Michigan. But the last trip of the season was ...

The anchor from the three-masted schooner the Rouse Simmons, which sank during a violent storm on Lake Michigan in 1912 ... drifted toward shore, and hit bottom. Five crew members drowned.

LAKE MICHIGAN – The shipwreck legend of ... of large waves and its overload of cargo that sent the Rouse Simmons straight to the bottom. “It’s also likely that the estimated 8 feet of ...