The museum is located in a noted Lake Huron port city, and the museum specializes in the maritime history of the Great Lakes with an emphasis on the lives of marine personnel.
A thick stratum of limestone is quarried nearby and shipped all over the U.S. Midwest for construction purposes and to serve as flux in the steelmaking process.
[1] A boat of particular importance to the history of maritime Rogers City is the SS Carl D. Bradley, once the largest vessel carrying bulk freight on the Great Lakes.
The Bradley, caught in a severe storm off Gull Island in Lake Michigan while returning to her home port in ballast, broke apart and foundered on the night of November 18, 1958.
[1] The museum is located at 367 North 3rd Street, Rogers City, Michigan 49779.