HARRISVILLE, Mich. (AP) — A veteran Great Lakes shipwreckhunter says he and his crew found the
wreck of a wooden steamer thatsank in 1861 in Lake Huron.The Detroit Free Press reports (http://on.freep.com/IWTFkj ) 72-year-old David
Trotter of Wayne County’s Canton Township says theKeystone State was found during a July search. It was
heading fromDetroit to Milwaukee when it sank during a powerful November storm,claiming 33 lives.The wreck
is in nearly 175 feet of water, about 25-30 miles northeast of HarrisvilleThe nearly 300-foot-long Keystone
State was built in Buffalo, N.Y. It had paddle wheels on its sides nearly 40 feet in
diameter.Maritimehistorian C. Patrick Labadie says its discovery can shed light on shipconstruction methods
of the era and how people once traveled.___Online:http://www.shipwreck1.com___Information from:
Detroit Free Press, http://www.freep.comCopyright
2013 The Associated Press. All rightsreserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten
orredistributed.HARRISVILLE, Mich. (AP) — A veteran Great Lakes shipwreckhunter says he and his crew found
the wreck of a wooden steamer thatsank in 1861 in Lake Huron.The Detroit Free Press reports (http://on.freep.com/IWTFkj ) 72-year-old David
Trotter of Wayne County’s Canton Township says theKeystone State was found during a July search. It was
heading fromDetroit to Milwaukee when it sank during a powerful November storm,claiming 33 lives.The wreck
is in nearly 175 feet of water, about 25-30 miles northeast of HarrisvilleThe nearly 300-foot-long Keystone
State was built in Buffalo, N.Y. It had paddle wheels on its sides nearly 40 feet in
diameter.Maritimehistorian C. Patrick Labadie says its discovery can shed light on shipconstruction methods
of the era and how people once traveled.___Online:http://www.shipwreck1.com___Information from:
Detroit Free Press, http://www.freep.comCopyright
2013 The Associated Press. All rightsreserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten
orredistributed.