S.S. City of Milwaukee - National Historic Landmark

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The National Landmark Steamship City of Milwaukee is the last traditional Great Lakes railroad car ferry.

The 77 year-old vessel is permanently moored and open to the public in Manistee, Michigan.

Explore the unique legacy of "Rails Across the Water."

Calendar of Events 2009

Carferry reunion 2009

May 23 2009

10 am-7pm

1pm Grant Brown will be speaking about his new book, Ninety Years Crossing Lake Michigan.

At 2pm Tom Rau will be speaking on Boat Stupid Tricks, Laugh Or Weep.

At 2:30 John Hawley will be speaking about the Point Betsie Lighthouse.

To Top off the day, Buffalo Xpress will entertain us on the deck at 3:30.

We will also be having a Nautical silent auction from 10am-3pm.

Were you able to be here for carferry reunion 2008?If not, plan on coming for Reunion 2009, May 23 from 11 am-5pm. Whether you're a longtime carferry enthusiast, or just discovering Great Lakes history, this event provides a chance to interact with people who were there, and ask questions while aboard an actual Lake Michigan carferry.

Recreation of carferry duties between 11am-1pm.

Fourth Of July Silent Auction and Lee Murdock Concert

Join us on July 4th 2009 to support the SS City Of Milwaukee with our third annual silent auction.

Many items will be avaliable. The auction will run from 11am until 5pm.

After the auction Lee Murdock will be singing our favorite maritime music on the deck at 6pm.

donations will be accepted.

Lee Murdock sings a vivid musical portrait of life on the great lakes. He is a fluent instrumentalist on the six and twelve string guitar, and combines ragtime, Irish, blues and folk styles with his flair for storytelling in songs.

For more information on Lee and to hear some of his music, please visit his website.

lee Murdock

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Manistee's 9th Annual Ghost Ship

 See You Next Year!

S.S. City of Milwaukee mahogany

carving still available

 "The End of an Era," carved by Pat Pointer-

 still available - just call us at (231) 723-3587

CARFERRY ONLINE GIFT SHOP NOW OPEN!

Books and gifts can now be ordered online.
NEW BOOKS ADDED 9/7/2007
Did you visit us but discover that you had no place in the cramped car for souvenirs? Were there complaints about bringing home too many brochures and t-shirts? Did you momentarily compare the amount of space required by a stack of new maritime books with that taken up by one of your children?
We understand, but the choices needn't be so difficult anymore.

The S.S. City of Milwaukee online gift shop is now open. With a few clicks, you can instantly order some of our products, including official S.S. City of Milwaukee t-shirts and sweatshirts. Plus, you can purchase the standard reference work on car ferries that all diehard fans quote from (when given the chance): George W. Hilton's The Great Lakes Carferries. We'll expand the items available as spring and summer arrive.

Also, our online gift shop will allow you and fellow car ferry history buffs to acquire membership status electronically, which will include access to our new online archives (coming soon). Articles, photos, bibliographies and more will be available for browsing, as a special benefit of membership. Watch this space for more details!

ARCHIVES SECTION features records, library holdings, and more!

updated July 8, 2007
Have you ever wondered exactly what those boxcars carried across Lake Michigan and the other Great Lakes? Are you researching a project and need help identifying useful books?
The S.S. City of Milwaukee's Archive section now features some of this information, and will be regularly updated in order to provide online access to our holdings. Full access is now available with membership. If you'd like to take a glimpse, we offer sample archive pages. Simply click here to enter.

CARFERRY REUNION

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