Aug. 22—RED WING, Minn. — When Frederick Johnson told his aunt that he was planning to write a history about Minnesota's worst maritime calamity, her reaction was one of disbelief. Well, everybody ...
The capsizing of the steamer Sea Wing on Lake Pepin in 1890 made it one of the nation's worst maritime disasters. A historical photo of the Sea Wing on display at the Goodhue County Historical Society ...