The loss of the vessel known throughout Chicago as the “Christmas Tree Ship” is a symbol of dangers faced by the ships and sailors who braved the storm ridden great lakes in the age of sail.
Solenopsis invicta, the “Red Imported Fire Ant”, native to South America, has proven a tenacious and destructive pest in the United States, costing Americans billions of dollars every year. That is why, in the late 1950s, the United States embarked on an all out war against the six-legged menace.