SS Milwaukee back and forth from Milwaukee to the Grand Trunk Railway's dock in Grand Haven in western Michigan. This route enabled shippers to avoid the crowded railroad yards and sidings of Chicago. The "Milwaukee" was home-ported in the city for which it was named. The docks of the Grand Trunk Milwaukee Car Ferry Company were located on the Kinnickinnic River, and their ferries were familiar sights to residents of Jones Island. Around 2:00 pm on October 22, 1929, the "Milwaukee" sailed off on Lake Michigan into a storm bound for Grand Haven, and was lost. The "Milwaukee" had been loaded earlier
Lake City and Rochester Stage Road location within Mount Pleasant Township, it stands on the northwest side of Route 63 about southwest of Lake City. It comprises a dirt path curving through undeveloped woods. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991 as the Lake City and Rochester Stage Road-Mount Pleasant Section for its state-level significance in the theme of transportation. Lake City and Rochester Stage Road The Lake City and Rochester Stage Road was an early road between Lake City and Rochester, Minnesota, United States. It was blazed in 1858 to carry stagecoach traffic between the Mississippi River port and a