More than 150 years ago, a schooner was wrecked near the Lake Michigan shore
at Naubinway. Wind and waves brought sand that buried the ship. This Time
Traveler follows the people who discovered and studied it to learn about life in
Michigan in the 1830s.
Click on a topic on the left to learn more about this mystery shipwreck.
"Schooner in the Sand" originally appeared in the Lansing State
Journal on January 9, 2002, as part of the Lansing Newspapers In Education
(NIE) program.
More than 150 years ago, a schooner was wrecked near the Lake Michigan shore
at Naubinway. Wind and waves brought sand that buried the ship. This Time
Traveler follows the people who discovered and studied it to learn about life in
Michigan in the 1830s.