In 1878, a 178-foot ship full of rye encountered fierce winds, stuck a shoal, and sank. A shipwreck enthusiast found the ship and 36,000 bushels of rye that went down with it which is now being reintroduced in Michigan to create craft whiskey. Read the full story by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
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