Copyright USGenNet Inc., 2013 All Rights Reserved USGenNet Data Repository Please read USGenNet Copyright Statement on this page: Submitted by Linda Talbott for the USGenNet Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ ========================================================================= NOTICE TO USERS - These files are protected by the The Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998. Information contained herein is provided for research purposes and may be freely linked to. Copying for redistribution or presentation by any person, persons or organization is not allowed without the written permission of the author/submitter. Formatted by USGenNet Data Repository Chief Archivist, Linda Talbott All of the above information must remain when copied or downloaded. =========================================================================== VESSEL NAME: Badger OTHER NAME(s): - OFFICIAL NO: 3156 DATE OF LOSS: 24 October 1899 CAUSE OF LOSS: Storm LOCATION: Lake Michigan, off Cedar River, Green Bay RIG TYPE: Scow-schooner, 2 mast HULL TYPE: Wood BUILDER: Peter Johnson, Ft. Howard, WI., 1881 OWNER(S): J. Kirtland and others, Green Bay, WI MASTER: Capt. Aldrich TONNAGE: 65 gt DIMENSIONS: 80 x 20.6 x 4.4 CASUALTIES: None Loaded with hemlock for A. W. Lawrence of Sturgeon Bay, the BADGER waterlogged and her stern was torn to pieces near Cedar River. Value $2,000. Entire crew was rescued. ======================================================================== Sources: R. L. Polk Marine Directory - 1891, 1899 Merchant Vessel List - 1896, 1899 Port Huron Daily Times - 26 October 1899 The Marine Review - 21 December 1899