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From: Keith Meverden
Category: News & Rumor
Date: 01 Jul 2004
Time: 19:03:39
Remote Name: 68.22.70.46
Court Affirms State Ownership of Historic Shipwrecks
On June 9, 2004, the United States Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit in Chicago affirmed the decision of the federal district court in Milwaukee, which held that the State of Wisconsin owns the historic shipwreck Rosinco lying on the bottom of Lake Michigan. The ruling bolsters the states efforts to protect historic shipwrecks from looting by treasure and artifact hunters, as well as from commercial salvors.
The Wisconsin Historical Society recognizes the importance of these shipwrecks, and has developed the Maritime Trails Program to bring attention to these non-renewable cultural resources. For more information on the preservation of historic sites, visit Wisconsin’s Maritime Trails Web site at www.maritimetrails.org or Wisconsin’s Great Lakes Shipwrecks Web site at www.wisconsinshipwrecks.org.