MANITOWOC – The Christmas Tree Ship the Rouse Simmons will be the focus of a program at Wisconsin Maritime Museum on the anniversary of its disappearance. The Rouse Simmons, known as the ...

Word would trickle along the docks, its festive message proclaiming to the streets above: “The ‘Christmas Tree Ship’ is here!” The three-masted fishing schooner “Rouse Simmons.” ...

The weather was perfect and it was a great day filled with holiday cheer, performances, tours, and remembrance of the Christmas Tree Ship before, the Rouse Simmons.” While pulled up in Chicago ...

The Rouse Simmons, also known as the Christmas Tree Ship, sank on November 23rd back in 1912 after a violent storm on Lake Michigan. It was last seen off the coast of Two Rivers. It was bound for ...

Herman Schuenemann of the Rouse Simmons and his crew reportedly went down near Ahnapee, Wisconsin, with trees on board that were supposed to make it to Chicago. The “Christmas Tree Ship ...

The voyage followed the route of the original Christmas Tree Ship, the Rouse Simmons, which sank in Lake Michigan in 1912 while carrying trees to Chicago. The Mackinaw paused during its trip for a ...

The Christmas Tree Ship nickname dates back to the Rouse Simmons, a three-masted schooner that sunk in a storm on Lake Michigan in 1912 with a cargo of Christmas trees. Those helping worked with ...

The Christmas Tree Ship story went dormant until after World War Two, when historians researched, artists painted, and newspapers annually reminded their readers of the loss of the Rouse Simmons.