CLEVELAND, Ohio -- The Tashmoo, a sidewheeler steamboat, believed it was the fastest ship on the Great Lakes. So its owner offered $1,000 to any boat that could beat it. In 1901, the steamboat the ...

Tashmoo. In June 1901, the two sidewheel steamships embarked on a nearly 100-mile race, from Cleveland to Erie, Pennsylvania, to determine the fastest ship on the Great Lakes. At stake were ...

The Tashmoo lost that race on June 4 ... It seems a large ocean ship left a Canadian port while a Lake Captain in a small boat left the same port shortly after the ocean ship.

June 4, 1901: The steamer City of Erie defeats sister ship Tashmoo by just 45 seconds in a race from Cleveland to Erie. The "magnificent lake greyhounds," both freight/passenger carriers built in ...

LeLievre said the Tashmoo was known as the White Flyer because ... The Keewatin was a museum ship in Douglas in western Michigan from 1968 until 2012 when it was moved to Port McNicoll, Ontario.

Tashmoo, an American Indian word meaning "meeting place," is named after an early 20th century Great Lakes steam ship and a former amusement park on Harsen’s Island. With a permanent residence ...

Have a good time at Tashmoo. It's a message that has crossed the span of a century. On June 30, 1915, two young Detroiters — Selina Pramstaller and Tillie Esper — wrote a note as they enjoyed ...