The Flint and Pere Marquette Railroad is a defunct railroad which operated in the U.S. state of Michigan between 1857 and 1899. It was one of the three companies which merged to become the Pere Marque
Preferred stock of the Flint and Pere Marquette Railroad Company, issued 1. July 1882
SS John Sherman
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John Sherman, originally the United States Revenue Cutter Service cutter USRC John Sherman, was built in 1865 before being disposed of by the United States Government in 1872. Initially deployed in go
Flint and Pere Marquette Railroad
…Saginaw. Cross-lake steamship service between Ludington and Sheboygan, Wisconsin was inaugurated May 31, 1875, with a leased steamer, the sidewheeler SS John Sherman, with John W. Stewart as its captain. At Sheboygan the line interchanged freight with the Sheboygan and Fond du Lac Railroad. Quickly outgrowing both…
John Sherman in merchant service
John Sherman 1875 ferry freight bill for shipping limes
John W. Steward, the ship commander, circa 1901