The 300-foot "Western Reserve" sank in August 1892, killing 27 people after both lifeboats capsized. Harry W. Stewart, the ship's wheelsman, was the only survivor ...

The ship wasn’t seen again until diligent explorers with the Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society found the wreckage off ...

Touted as a technological wonder, Western Reserve was made from the same steel as the Titanic. Unfortunately, it met a ...

Western Reserve was considered one of the safest ships afloat. Two years later it met a tragic end, and its remains have ...

DULUTH ‐ The Western Reserve, a mammoth and nearly new steam freighter, was en route to Two Harbors in August 1892 when it split in half during a storm and quickly sank to the depths of Lake Superior, ...

Twenty years before the Titanic changed maritime history, another ship touted as the next great technological feat set sail on the Great Lakes.

After the wreckage of the Western Reserve was found 132 later, the family of the lone survivor is sharing their story.

The Western Reserve sailed in 1892 with its millionaire owner and his family onboard. The sinking of the ship claimed 27 lives.

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Another Kewaunee County shipwreck was given special distinction this month when the schooner Margaret A. Muir was placed on ...

Families who have moved into homes on the site of an iconic pottery pass through a piece of history every time they leave and ...