Man and Daughter Find Remains of What Could Be Ship That Ran Aground During Peshtigo Fire in 1800S

Man and Daughter Find Remains of What Could Be Ship That Ran Aground During Peshtigo Fire in 1800S
The photo shows what archaeologists believe to be the remains of the 122-foot-long George L. Newman, a ship that sank in Lake Michigan in October 1871 during a deadly forest fire. Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources via AP
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GREEN BAY, Wis.—Wisconsin archaeologists are crediting a man and daughter with discovering the remains of what could be a ship that ran aground during the deadly Peshtigo Fire more than 150 years ago.

Tim Wollak and his 6-year-old daughter, Henley, of Peshtigo, were fishing on Lake Michigan in the bay of Green Bay near Green Island this summer when their sonar picked up something Henley thought was an octopus, WLUK-TV reported Wednesday.