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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Rouse Simmons sits in dock with Christmas trees filling its deck in 1908. MANITOWOC – The Christmas Tree Ship the Rouse ...

The U.S. Coast Guard once again has delivered a boat-load of holiday cheer from Northern Michigan to Chicago families while retracing the route of the ill-fated Christmas Tree Ship. By delivering ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — The tradition of the Christmas Tree Ship lives on. On Saturday, the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Mackinaw delivered more than 1,000 Christmas trees and homemade Christmas cards ...

Captain Herman Schuenemann (center) and two members of his crew Photo by Chicago Historical Society With a load of fragrant evergreens from Michigan’s Northwoods, the legendary schooner Rouse Simmons, ...

TWO RIVERS – Two Rivers Historical Society is hosting two presentations on the story of the Rouse Simmons, also known as the Christmas Tree Ship, on Nov. 23. The presentations will be at 1 and 3 p.m.

CHICAGO — Dozens of families got freshly cut Christmas trees on Saturday morning thanks to a decades-long Chicago tradition. On Saturday morning, the United States Coast Guard (USCG) celebrated the ...