Dueling Umpqua River Wrecks of the G.C. Lindauer and the Admiral Nicholson
On May 16, 1924, the steam schooner G.C. Lindauer left Reedsport, Oregon, at 1130 hours that Friday morning with a crew of 14, bound for San Francisco. Full below and stacked on deck was 410,000 feet of lumber—what was described as “an unusually large cargo” for her. Pilot AW Reed was at the helm with […]
The Inglorious End of Glenmorag
Image: The Glenmorag wrecked at Oysterville, Washington State. Photo Credit: State Library of South Australia. And how Ceres the goddess ended up in a garden March 19th, 1896. Fog enveloped the figurehead of the pale lady guiding the ship, Glenmorag. She was Ceres, goddess of the harvest. A sheave of wheat was clutched to her […]
Rum by the Barrel & Coffee by the Sack
Washington-based, Guinness Book of World Records-holding Transatlantic rowing adventurer, Explorer’s Club Fellow, and author Jordan Hanssen ran rum, coffee, and cacao on an engineless tall ship, like a goddamn pirate. How did it go for this son of Cascadia? Read on for the tale, in his own words. My story begins quayside in Den Helder, […]