The Badgers Watchman
The S.S. Badger has passed the lighthouse and steams into Ludington, Mi. on August 26, 2011 under the watchful eye of the bronze "helmsman" statue on the harbor edge. For over 100 years the car ferry fleet of the Pere Marquette and later Chesapeake & Ohio Railroads sailed out across Lake Michigan with railroad cars to various ports in Wisconsin. Consider the wind, waves, storms, winter ice the boats encountered over the years - the helmsman knows . . . . .
The Badgers Watchman
The S.S. Badger has passed the lighthouse and steams into Ludington, Mi. on August 26, 2011 under the watchful eye of the bronze "helmsman" statue on the harbor edge. For over 100 years the car ferry fleet of the Pere Marquette and later Chesapeake & Ohio Railroads sailed out across Lake Michigan with railroad cars to various ports in Wisconsin. Consider the wind, waves, storms, winter ice the boats encountered over the years - the helmsman knows . . . . .