In 1996, the shipwreck site was added to the National Register of Historic Places.

[2] In 1849, it was reported by the Milwaukee Sentinel that the ship's second mate, James Bain, was killed aboard the vessel in an ensuing fight after he had attacked the captain and thrown the first mate overboard.

She was carrying no cargo at the time and it is presumed that it was intended for her to pick up lumber in Oconto.

The vessel suffered extensive damage and eventually sank.

[4] In 1991, the Maritime Preservation and Archaeology Program of the Wisconsin Historical Society began surveying the site.