Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sep. 27—MADISON, Wis. — In the spring of 1886, the three-master schooner F.J. King and crew left her berth in Morristown for her ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The F.J. King's wheel sits on the bottom of Lake Michigan just off the ship's stern. - Tamara Thomsen/Wisconsin Historical Society ...

A group of citizen scientists has discovered the long-sought schooner F.J. King more than a century after it sank in an 1886 storm – solving one of Lake Michigan’s enduring maritime mysteries, the ...

Citizen scientists discovered a ghost ship that had eluded historians and shipwreck hunters for decades, lying at the bottom of Lake Michigan. "A few of us had to pinch each other," said Brendon ...

Manitowoc is hosting a variety of events this week, including festivals, historical talks and live music. The Ghost Ships Festival will explore Great Lakes shipwrecks with expert presentations and ...

A “ghost ship” that sank in Lake Michigan nearly 140 years ago and eluded several search efforts over the past five decades has been found, according to researchers with the Wisconsin Underwater ...

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — After decades of scouring the bottom of Lake Michigan, searchers have finally found the wreckage of a “ghost ship” that sank during a ferocious storm almost 140 years ago off the ...