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 | Tug | Commodore Nutt | 1882-07-27 | 3 | Clay Banks. James Tufts has laid up his tug, the Commodore Nutt, for the present. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Tug | Commodore Nutt | 1882-05-25 | 3 | From Clay Banks. The fishing tug Commodore Nutt called here Saturday for wood, and went north. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Tug | Commodore Nutt | 1882-10-19 | 3 | The schooner T. Y. Avery, when outside off Two Rivers had her mainsail split badly. Towed into port by tug Commodore Nutt. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Tug | Commodore Nutt | 1891-12-31 | 3 | The tug Commodore Nutt, of Two Rivers, strolled around in the harbor here for an hour or two last evening. She was from the south. | |
| Door County Advocate | Tug | Commodore Nutt | 1893-01-14 | 5 | New hull being built | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Tug | Commodore Nutt | 1888-01-19 | 3 | Sunk in the harbor at Two Rivers. A force of men are now at work raising her. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Tug | Commodore Nutt | 1885-09-03 | 3 | The tug Commodore Nutt took a scow loaded with brick from Swaty's yard to Sturgeon Bay on Friday. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Tug | Commodore Nutt | 1886-05-06 | 3 | The tug Commodore Nutt has abandoned fishing off this point and will now be used exclusively for towing purposes. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Tug | Commodore Nutt | 1887-05-26 | 3 | Brought a scow load of eight thousand feet of lumber from Clay Banks for the new school house in the town of Ahnapee. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Tug | Commodore Nutt | 1887-06-02 | 3 | James Tufts sold his tug, Commodore Nutt, To Hammel & Lafond, of Two Rivers, for $2000. |
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.