Linda’s Monthly Monday Morning Moaning’s for November 3, 2025. At 8:30 a.m. on November 9, 1975, in Superior, Wisconsin, the loading began of taconite pellets on the Edmund Fitzgerald, and by 2:52 p.m. the ‘Fitz’ sailed past the Superior break wall and out into the vast expanse of Lake Superior, headed to Zug Island inContinue reading “The Legend Lives On….”
Tag Archives: Great Lakes Lighthouses
‘Lighthouses of the Southern Atlantic and Gulf States’
Linda’s Monthly Monday Morning Moaning’s for July 7, 2025 I have been very fortunate to have had six previous local history books published by Arcadia Publishing since 2019, and nothing compares to the feeling when the first package of finished books are delivered to my door. All the work, research, time, love, and aggravation inContinue reading “‘Lighthouses of the Southern Atlantic and Gulf States’”
Preserving a Legacy
Linda’s Monthly Monday Morning Moaning’s for June 2, 2025 Preserving a Legacy, The United States Lighthouse Society: For the past 40 years, the United States Lighthouse Society (USLHS) has been in the forefront of efforts to preserve this essential part of maritime heritage. The USLHS has built a comprehensive research library, both in the physicalContinue reading “Preserving a Legacy”
A Michigan Mystery
Linda’s Monthly Monday Morning Moaning’s for May 5th, 2025 With my long love of history, I am always looking for that next great read and hopefully with some sort of an mystery attached. A few years ago I came across just the book I was looking for. Northwest Orient Airlines, Flight 2501 was a DC-4Continue reading “A Michigan Mystery”
America’s Liner
Linda’s Monthly Monday Morning Moaning’s for March 3, 2025 Off she went…. On Wednesday, February 19, 2025, the SS United States, the liner often called ‘America’s Liner’, was towed from her berth at Pier 80 in Philadelphia, where she had been waiting for 30 some years. I have followed this ship for many years, withContinue reading “America’s Liner”