• Episode 249: The sinking of the Sea Wing

  • Nov 30 2024
  • Length: 1 hr and 12 mins
  • Podcast

Episode 249: The sinking of the Sea Wing

  • Summary

  • It was a hot and muggy summer day as the steamboat Sea Wing carried passengers down the Mississippi River for what was to be a lovely excursion to the National Guard settlement near Lake City, MN. And it was ... until the storm hit.

    Videos:

    • The Sea Wing Disaster

    • So Minnesota: Haunted history of the Sea Wing disaster

    • Sea Wing Disaster on KSMQ's "Off 90" (Sponsored by the Minnesota Legacy Amendment)

    Articles and books:

    • Shipwrecked on Lake Pepin: The Sea Wing disaster

    • Historic Disasters in Southeast Minnesota, by Steve Gardiner

    • The Sea Wing disaster killed 98, yet the tragedy is little known beyond Red Wing

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