The '' Lizzie Throop '' encountered some misfortunes on the lakes in her quarter century on the lakes . Two grounding events occurred in 1854 . According to insurance claims , in April , 1854 , she was driven against breakwater , near Chicago , Illinois . She ran aground again that same year , in November . In 1865 , her tonnage was reduced to 97 tons and her cargo hold was outfitted to carry timbers , logged from Northern Michigan . Towards the end of her life , she ran regular routes from Muskegon to Chicago , carrying timbers to the rebuilding metropolis of the Midwest that was recovering from the Great Chicago Fire
Great Chicago Fire
Great Chicago Fire
Lizzie Throop