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On November 9–10, 1898, tragedy marred the Schuenemann's holiday season when, just one month after the birth of twins Hazel and Pearl, Herman's older brother August Schuenemann died while sailing a load of Christmas trees to Chicago aboard the schooner S. Thal.
The ship was bound for Chicago with a cargo of Christmas trees when it foundered off Two Rivers, Wisconsin, killing all on board. The legacy of the schooner lives on in the area, with frequent ghost sightings and tourist attractions whereby its final route is traced.
While thousands of ships have sunk in the Great Lakes, perhaps no shipwreck is more festive than the famous Christmas Tree Ship. Read on to learn the fascinating story of this beloved ship, its connections to Michigan, and its enduring legacy.
The ship had been affectionately nicknamed the Christmas Tree Ship. Using stories she loved to hear her grandfather Axel Anderson tell, author Carol Crane weaves this heartwarming fictional tale based on the true events of the little schooner carrying up to 5,000 trees.
History. The Original Christmas Tree Ship. The story of the beginning of the Christmas Tree Ship is the story of the Schuenemann family, and most particularly the story of Capt Herman Schuenemann and his last ship, the Rouse Simmons.
by Carol Crane (Author), Chris Ellison (Illustrator) Format: Kindle Edition. 4.7 103 ratings. See all formats and editions. On November 21, 1912, the schooner Rouse Simmons set sail from a small northern Michigan town across Lake Michigan.
One of the most celebrated shipwrecks in the waters of the proposed Wisconsin-Lake Michigan National Marine Sanctuary is the three-masted schooner Rouse Simmons, known as the Christmas Tree Ship. It got its nickname for carrying evergreen trees to Chicago every Christmas season.
What a wonderful Christmas-y historical fiction picture book ️ the main character's grandfather tells the children in the family a story of a ship that carried Christmas trees to Chicago going down on its way there.
A century ago, a Christmas tradition in Chicago turned from joy into grief when the Rouse Simmons, the Christmas tree ship, sank in Lake Michigan, taking her beloved captain and his crew with her. (Chicago History Museum)
Every year Captain Herman Schuenemann and his 'Christmas Tree Ship' would bring a load of fresh Christmas trees from Michigan to Chicago. But in 1912, the fully loaded ship was unable to withstand a winter storm and sank in Lake Michigan near Two Rivers, Wisconsin.