This week we're talking about the loss of the steamer R.G. Coburn in October 1871. Other sub-topics include the Great Chicago Fire, the Peshtigo Fire, the Chicago iron & steel industry, and the dazzling array of fonts in 1800s newspaper advertisements. 

Sources:

Bensman, David and Mark R. Wilson. "Iron and Steel." Encyclopedia of Chicago, 2005. http://encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/653.html

"Coburn, R.G." Historical Collections of the Great Lakes, Bowling Green State University. https://greatlakes.bgsu.edu/item/434440

Donahue, James L. Steaming Through Smoke and Fire: True Stories of Shipwreck and Disaster on the Great Lakes. Thunder Bay Press, 1990.

Green, Russ. "Shipwreck Vignettes."  Thunder Bay 2010: Cutting Edge Tech and the Hunt for Lake Huron's Lost Ships, NOAA Ocean Exploration, https://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/10thunderbay/background/wrecks/wrecks.html

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