The steamer Wabash Valley, newly leased to the Grand Haven and Milwaukee Railroad, left Milwaukee for Grand Haven, Michigan with thirty-six passengers and a cargo of 1,400 barrels of flour. Caught in a storm, the steamer was driven ashore near Muskegon, Michigan at around 3 a.m. The vessel was completely destroyed, but all aboard scrambled to safety and much of the cargo was later salvaged. (By John Osborne)
Source Citation
Elizabeth B. Sherman, Beyond the Windswept Dunes: The Story of Maritime Muskegon (Detroit, MI: Wayne State University Press, 2003) , 70.