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The legacy of the schooner lives on in the area with frequent ghost sightings and tourist attractions whereby its final route is traced. One of the most enduring stories on the Great Lakes is that of the Rouse Simmons the Christmas Tree Ship that sank on November 22 1912 in Lake Michigan with a load of Christmas trees meant for the families of ChicagoSince 2013 the National Museum of the Great Lakes and Geo.

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. CHICAGO CBS -- A US Coast Guard ship arrived Saturday at Navy Pier with 1200 Christmas trees for needy families. The marine community which he was a part of really cares The Coast Guard. In 1913 the year after Captain Schuenemanns death the city of Chicago erected its first Christmas tree on the lakefront in honor of the Captain his brother and his crew.

CHICAGO CBS -- A ship carrying more than 1200 evergreens was scheduled to pull up at Navy Pier Saturday to bring Christmas trees to those in need. Here in a photo taken in 1909 Capt. Coast Guard Cutter Mackinaw is headed down Lake Michigan tonight and eventually will be angling west toward Chicago carrying a load of more than 1000 Christmas trees as it.

4 after arriving in Chicago with a load of Christmas trees keeping alive. Published December 24 1944. The Inter-Ocean December 5 1876 The schooners Four Brothers and Reindeer US No.

DOWNTOWN Chicagos longtime tradition of the Christmas Ship Ceremony is back at Navy Pier this year after a COVID-19 hiatus. CHICAGO - Over 1200 Chicago families are expected to receive free Christmas trees when Chicagos Christmas ship sails into Navy Pier Saturday. The Christmas Tree Ship as the evergreen-laden Mackinaw is dubbed continues the legacy of the Rouse Simmons a three-masted schooner that transported Christmas trees to Chicago a century ago from Michigans Upper Peninsula.

Courtesy of the Clipper Ship Gallery La Grange IL On a drizzly overcast day in late October 1971 Milwaukee scuba diver Gordon Kent Bellrichard was surveying with sonar the bottom of. 100000 people attended its dedication on Christmas Eve. The Coast Guard cutter Mackinaw is seen at Navy Pier on Saturday morning Dec.

The era of the Christmas tree ship was destined to end however. Coast Guard Auxiliary member and Manistee native Matt Thompson to take part in the annual Christmas Tree Ship event. Chicago Harbor An artistss conception of the scene aboard the Rouse Simmons during the gale that destroyed one of Chicagos last Christmas ships.

December 5 2020 1018 AM CBS Chicago. -- When the opportunity was presented to US. Saturday at Polk Brothers Park on the southwest wall of Navy Pier 600 E.

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Longacre Enlarge Christmas Tree Schooner by Charles Vickery. Chicago children affectionately called him Captain Santa. After Barbaras death in 1933 the daughters sold trees from the familys lot for a few years.

The ship was 44 years old. Coast Guard Cutter Mackinaw crew unload trees from the Christmas Tree Ship in Chicago. The ships captain Herman Schuenemann sold trees from his vessel and gave some to Chicagoans who couldnt afford.

CHICAGO WLS -- Chicagos Christmas Tree Ship sailed into Navy Pier Friday morning. Volunteers will unload about 1200 pine trees from the Coast Guard Cutter Mackinaw starting 830 am. Also included is the history of legendary department store Marshall Fields with author Gayle Soucek.

While the Chicagos Christmas Ship Ceremony was closed to the public in 2020 due to COVID-19 restrictions the 2021 event was open to the general public. In 1912 he owned part-interest in the 123-foot three-masted schooner Rouse Simmons. Then the boat sank during a storm while headed to Chicago on Nov.

Coast Guard Cutter Mackinaw serving again this year. Coast Guard Cutter Mackinaw traveled south from Cheboygan Mich. Its a reenactment of a Chicago tradition from the late 1800s.

Courtesy photoUSCG Chief John Masson Show More Show Less. The message is Chicago cares says Captain Dave Truitt who serves on the Christmas Tree Ship committee. This is now the 22nd year for the modern Christmas ship.

4 By Glenn V. Making its 22nd annual journey from Cheboygan Michigan to Navy Pier in Chicago the US. WGN Radios Dave Plier and Dave Schwan talk about the history of Christmas around Chicago including the Christmas Tree Ship The State Street Parade Marshall Fields Windows and Walnut Room and more.

A re-enactment of Chicagos original tree ships from the late 19th and early 20th centuries the final journey occurred in November 1912. The ship was bound for Chicago with a cargo of Christmas trees when it foundered off Two Rivers Wisconsin killing all on board. The yearly arrival of the ship with a tree strapped to the top of its main mast was highly anticipated.

Coast Guard Cutter Mackinaw and Crew Chicago Christmas Ship Committee Chicago Marine Heritage Society and Ada S. Have worked together to bring that. Collaborators for this 22-year tradition include the US.

Schuenemann stands center alongside two fellow sailors. Coast Guard Cutter Mackinaw comes bearing roughly 1200 Christmas trees for families in need. 21194 cleared last.

Painted expressly for The Tribune by the Chicago artist James M. 29 of 30. Captain Herman E.

The Rouse Simmons was a three-masted schooner famous for having sunk in a violent storm on Lake Michigan in 1912. Herman Schuenemann was master of a Christmas Tree ship. On the afternoon of November 22 1912 Schuenemann and his crew departed from the dock at Thompson Michigan en route for Chicago.

The schooner was so heavily laden with 3000 to 5000 evergreen trees that some eyewitnesses described it as a floating forest.

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