The schooner, "Contest"

Contributor

Symonds, Frank S.

Date

• ca. 1869-ca. 1897

Summary

• The schooner, "Contest", was owned and sailed from its home port, Kenosha, for 19 years, from 1869 to 1888, by Captain Robert Symonds. Captain Symonds, about the year 1877, with this sailing schooner, "Contest", brought from a quarry near Green Bay all of the stone used in the construction of St. Matthew's Church. The ship was wrecked on April 16, 1897, south of the Kenosha harbor pier. The crew was saved by Captain Ben Cameron and his crew of lifesavers.