After sinking to the bottom of Lake Michigan in 1860 — along with the steamship Lady Elgin — Herbert Ingram’s pocket watch is back home. The historic timepiece returned to Boston ...

A Holland historian hand delivered the personal artifact back to the small English town where its owner is hailed as a ...

Belonging to the late British journalist and politician Herbert Ingram, the historic item was recovered from the bottom of Lake Michigan ...

In 1860, the 'Lady Elgin' claimed over 300 lives in Lake Michigan. ... The solid gold pocket watch belonged to British parliamentarian and newspaper publisher, Herman Ingram.

A crucial historical artifact from the deadliest shipwreck in the Great Lakes has finally been identified and returned home ...

When the Lady Elgin sank on Lake Michigan in 1860, British journalist and politician Herbert Ingram was lost to the deep, but 165 years later his pocket watch has returned home. The steamship ...

When the Lady Elgin sank on Lake Michigan in 1860, British journalist and politician Herbert Ingram was lost to the deep, but 165 years later his pocket watch has returned home.. The steamship ...

A pocket watch discovered in a deadly Lake Michigan shipwreck has returned home to the United Kingdom after 165 years.

A 165-year-old pocket watch found in an American shipwreck has been returned to its home town in the UK. The timepiece belonged to Herbert Ingram – a British politician and journalist from Boston, ...

On the night of September 8, 1860, Lady Elgin was making her return voyage to Milwaukee from Chicago, carrying a group of mostly Irish passengers, when a violent storm swept across the lake.

Van Heest, who is the author of Lost on the Lady Elgin, also described the historical importance of the long-lost pocket watch’s return home. “So many people lost their lives within minutes of ...