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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Door County Advocate | Tug | Com. Nutt | 1889-08-10 | 5 | Towing logs | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Tug | Com. Nutt | 1881-09-15 | 3 | The L. B. Shepherd dropped anchor at Two Creeks. Assistance of str. Chicago denied. Tugs Com. Nutt and M. A. Gagnon towed it to Man. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Tug | Com. Nutt | 1882-11-16 | 3 | A new wheel has recently been put into the tug Com. Nutt. | |
| Manitowoc Pilot | Tug | Com. Nutt | 1881-09-15 | 3 | Picked up schooner L. B. Shepard waterlogged and towed it in | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Tug | Com. Nutt | 1886-02-18 | 3 | She will soon be employed by some of our fisherman for lifting nets off this point diring the next season of fishing. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Tug | Com. Nutt | 1886-01-14 | 3 | Jas. Tuffts is having the tug Com. Nutt covered with heavy sheet iron so that she can pass through fields of floating ice without injury. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Tug | Com. Nutt | 1886-03-25 | 3 | Went out Tuesday to make their first lift of the season. They secured about 600 pounds of trout from 10 boxes of nets. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Tug | Com. Nutt | 1885-11-19 | 3 | The tug Com. Nutt still makes occasional visits to this port. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Tug | Com. Nutt | 1884-10-09 | 3 | Brought a large quantity of fish here. The fish had been purchased of fishermen in the vicinity of Baileys Harbor. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Tug | Com. Nutt | 1884-08-28 | 3 | Tug Com. Nutt brought a supply of dynamite on Tuesday, which was placed in the government magazine up the river. |
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.