Posted on 09/19/2008 4:23:26 PM PDT by metmom
FORT MORGAN, Ala. , Texas — When the waves from Hurricane Ike receded, they left behind a mystery — a ragged shipwreck that archeologists say could be a two-masted Civil War schooner that ran aground in 1862 or another ship from some 70 years later.
The wreck, about six miles from Fort Morgan, had already been partially uncovered when Hurricane Camille cleared away sand in 1969.
Researchers at the time identified it as the Monticello, a battleship that partially burned when it crashed trying to get past the U.S. Navy and into Mobile Bay during the Civil War.
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It rains 24/365 on Oregon beaches.
I was in Oregon many years ago and thought it was an absolutely beautiful state!
Beaches included, they’re rugged and gorgeous! Lots of trees......... ;-)
The lay of your land is beautiful..... ;-)
We also have had a few ship wrecks & cannons uncovered by recent storms. Glass shards & rusty nails everywhere :)
We were one mile from Ft. Morgan this summer (June). My brother-in-law found an old piece of rusted metal that looked like it had been part of an old ship. It was about the size of his hand. We joked about it being from an old ship from Ft. Morgan. This article is making me start to wonder now if it could have been!
LOL!
Stranger things have happened. Someone found a life ring from the Edmund Fitzgerald last year I guess it was.
The Wreck of the Obama-Biden (with apologies to Gordon Lightfoot)
Cheers!
You're not going to believe this, but...
The Wreck of the Obama-Biden (with apologies to Gordon Lightfoot)
Cheers!
You're not going to believe this, but...
The Wreck of the Obama-Biden (with apologies to Gordon Lightfoot)
Cheers!
LOL! I saw that. Excellent job of lyricism. How the heck did you remember that I even said that four years ago?! I can’t even remember what I posted an hour ago.
Got it. Thanks!
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