The wooden two masted schooner Pride was built in Black River, Ohio by Henry D. Root in 1866. The vessel was initially owned equally by James Chapman, his wife Elizabeth Chapman and their eldest son, Chas B. Chapman of Black River, Ohio, but in 1867 it was sold to Horace Duncan Moore, manufacturer of tools and owner of a mill in Saugatuck, Michigan. A year later in 1868, Moore sold 2/3 of the vessel to Charles Deering of Chicago, and the vessels homeport was changed to Chicago. In 1870 Pride was sold again to Gideon Truesdell of Kenosha and the vessel was then homeported out of Kenosha. In 1874 the Miller Brothers of Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin: Lysander, John and Charles Chauncey Miller became equal 1/3 owners. Kenosha remained its homeport and C.C. Miller became its new master. In 1877 Captain Miller bought out his brothers and registered as sole owner and Master of the ship. Captain Miller lost two of his sons on the ship, one in 1877 and another in 1883. In 1884 C.C. Miller started his own lumber yard in Pleasant Prairie and started using the vessel to supply his lumber yard. Pride started hauling small cargos of building stone to Kenosha from Sturgeon Bay. In 1886 Pride was sold again to Harry Hervig and John A. Hartnell; its homeport was changed to Racine, Wisconsin. Hervig brought his brother, Nils Peder Hervig, in to help with the ship in August 1886. In November 1887 the Hervig brothers began advertising the sale of the Pride annually, to little effect. the ship continued to be put to work over the years. In February 1893 a buyer was finally found for the ship. Jacob Wilson of Milwaukee became the new owner and Master. In June 1893, Pride was bound from Herring Creek, Michigan for Milwaukee when it suddenly capsized off Big Point Au Sable apparently from misloading. The crew escaped to the yawl and rowed against heavy seas to shore. The schooner was left floating in the lake. The steamer P.D. Armour spotted Pride floating on its side with its spars out parallel to the surface of the water drifting in a field of bark. It was righted, pumped out and towed to Milwaukee.
On 20 August 1898, Pride departed Milwaukee and arrived at Egg Harbor on the afternoon of 22 August. After setting anchor, Captain Wilson went ashore to contract for a cargo of wood while his son and ship's Mate Thomas Wilson set the canvas to dry and started preparing dinner. When the captain returned, the sky looked ominous. The two men took in the canvas before dinner and as they sat down at the table, a squall struck from the northwest. The men instinctively ran up to the bow and let out 270 feet of chain and attempted to swing around the anchor to face the storm. They were too slow and the vessel was caught broadside. Thomas Wilson returned aft to retrieve rain gear and at the moment the ship became caught in a tornado. The vessel whipped around its anchor and was struck broadside by a gust that capsized the ship. Pride was flipped over with such force that its two masts became imbedded to the lake bottom. Captain Wilson clung to the overturned hull and was later rescued by a local fisherman. A search of the area was made for Thomas Wilson, but he was not located until a week later. The Pride was taken in tow by Leathem & Smith on August 24th to Sturgeon Bay and its hulk was exchanged to satisfy the wrecking costs. The ship was tied up on the north side of the Leathem & Smith coal dock. The schooner sprung a leak, broke its ties, and drifted away from the dock. The location where Pride drifted became a hazard to navigation, and in reaction to outcry it was transferred to the south end of Dunlap Reef, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin.

By April 1900, the shipyard began to give serious consideration to raising and restoring the schooner. In June the tugs Neslon and Leathem moved the Pride to the west end of the railroad bridge where it was run ashore. Although it was supposed to be pumped out, work on the vessel went no further and the Pride slowly went to pieces, never to be used again.
The schooner Pride is 250 feet north of the intersection of West Juniper Street and North Lancing Avenue in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin. It's embedded in the silty bottom of Sturgeon Bay under eight feet of water. Although its hull is broken, most of the ship's components are present. The vessel sits upright and in pieces.