Search below for stories about ships, lighthouses, sailors and anything else about life on Lake Michigan. The database contains references to articles from the Ahnapee (Algoma) Record (June 12, 1873 to Jan. 7, 1927), the Door County Advocate (Nov. 8, 1861 to Dec. 22, 1949), and the Manitowoc Pilot (June 14, 1859 to Dec. 28, 1899). The results will direct you to the date and page in these newspapers where the article can be found.
Microfilm copies of the Ahnapee (Algoma) Record are available at the Wisconsin Historical Society Library in Madison, Algoma Public Library in Algoma. Microfilm copies of the Door County Advocate are available at the Wisconsin Historical Society Library in Madison, the Door County Public Library in Sturgeon Bay, and the Brown County Library in Green Bay. Microfilm of the Manitowoc Pilot are available at the Manitowoc County Historical Society, the Manitowoc Public Library, and the Wisconsin Historical Society in Madison.
Check with your local library about obtaining the microfilm via interlibrary loan.
| Newspaper | Object | Name | Date | Page | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Steamer | Chicago | 1909-06-11 | 1 | Goodrich schedule announced. The steamers, Sheboygan, Chicago, Carolina and Georgia will be on the west shore run. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Steamer | Chicago | 1906-09-14 | 8 | The Goodrich steamer Chicago is to be taken out of the passenger service, and will nbe cut down during the coming winter, and remodeled into a freight carrier. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Steamer | Chicago | 1911-09-01 | 4 | Information on the season closing for the Goodrich Line vessels. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Chicago | 1912-04-05 | 3 | One of the vessels mentioned in a big article written by an old steamboat man of forty odd years and given in the Chicago Magazine. | ||
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Chicago | 1912-05-17 | 7 | One of the vessels mentioned in a big article written by an old steamboat man of forty odd years and given in the Chicago Magazine. This is a continuation of previous articles. | ||
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Steamer | Chicago | 1879-10-30 | 4 | A deck hand with a truck loaded with four bags of peas fell into the lake when the slide gave way. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Chicago | 1879-11-13 | 4 | The steamer Sheboygan made her last trip for the season to this port. The Chicago will continue to run as the weather permits. | ||
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Steamer | Chicago | 1879-09-18 | 4 | Quite a number took passage for the south on the steamer Chicago last Saturday. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Chicago | 1879-09-18 | 4 | Werth Brothers, horse dealers of Milwaukee, shipped seventeen head of cattle south on the Chicago last Saturday. | ||
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Steamer | Chicago | 1879-10-02 | 4 | Owing to the severe storm, the steamer Chicago did not arrive at this port until 10 o'clock Saturday evening. |
This database is a cooperative effort of the Wisconsin Underwater Archaeology Association (WUAA), the Wisconsin Historical Society (WHS), and the University of Wisconsin Sea Grant Institute. The project is spearheaded by WUAA member Russel Leitz, who helped develop a framework for the database and painstakingly combed through 54 years of the Ahnapee (Algoma) Record, 87 years of the Door County Advocate and 40 years of the Manitowoc Pilot for maritime news. The more than 50,000 references are the fruit of his labor alone.