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 ...

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 ...

Elgin officials will attempt to preserve the Masonic symbols on a historic city building after they are removed by the church that now owns it. At issue are images of a square, compass and the ...

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 ...