Sailing ship Mojave, doomed on Lake Michigan, now docked on National Register of Historic Places

Sailing ship Mojave, doomed on Lake Michigan, now docked on National Register of Historic Places
Sailing ship Mojave, doomed on Lake Michigan, now docked on National Register of Historic Places

LANSING

ADetroit-built sailing ship that sank in Lake Michigan during an 1864 storm has been added to the National Register of Historic Places.

The three-masted Mojave, only one year old at the time, went down in heavy weather while northbound on route from Chicago to Buffalo with a load of grain.

A newspaper reported at the time: “The master of the bark Monarch reported seeing the Mojave drop into t…