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