09/07/1860
Almost three hundred drown on Lake Michigan in an excursion steamer collision Crime/Disasters
10/27/1856
Gale-force winds pound Lake Michigan Crime/Disasters
05/09/1863
Lake Erie cargo ship explodes its boiler off Cleveland, Ohio, killing four Crime/Disasters
01/31/1860
Mississippi Central Railroad completed between Canton, Mississippi and Jackson, Tennessee Business/Industry
10/09/1860
On Lake Erie, a Detroit grain ship explodes its boiler and sinks in Lake Erie, killing two crewman Crime/Disasters
11/22/1860
On Lake Michigan, another steamer is wrecked in a storm but no lives are lost Crime/Disasters
05/29/1860
On Lake Superior, a passenger steamer runs aground during fog and is lost Crime/Disasters
11/06/1859
Propeller steamer explodes and sinks in the middle of the night on a stormy Lake Erie Crime/Disasters
10/14/1861
Secretary of State Seward urges Great Lakes governors to fortify their lakeside ports against foreign threats Lawmaking/Litigating
06/26/1860
Steamship bursts a boiler on Lake Michigan, seven crewmen killed Crime/Disasters
