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 | Barge | Daisy Day | 1882-03-09 | 3 | The barge Daisy Day came in Monday with a large amount of freight on board for merchants here. She went to Sturgeon Bay Tuesday. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | barge | Daisy Day | 1882-03-09 | 3 | The barge Daisy Day is said to have experienced some trouble in breaking ice from the canal up to Sturgeon Bay, Tuesday. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Daisy Day | 1881-12-29 | 3 | The Daisy Day was in port Sunday. She has made a trip since, having returned here to-day and is loading grain for Conway & Son. | ||
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Barge | Daisy Day | 1881-12-15 | 3 | The barge Daisy Day passed this port Monday night, with cord wood from Whitefish Bay to Milwaukee, for L. J. Conway & Son | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Steamer | Daisy Day | 1881-10-13 | 3 | She made two trips to Milwaukee this week, taking 14000 bu. wheat, 1200 bushels peas and 800 bu. for L. J. Conway and Son. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Steambarge | Daisy Day | 1881-10-13 | 3 | Steam barge Daisy Day brought large amount of freight for our merchants last Sunday. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Barge | Daisy Day | 1881-09-29 | 3 | Barge Daisy Day took wheat and potatoes for L. J. Conway & Son. She had on a deckload of bark from across the lake. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Steambarge | Daisy Day | 1881-09-08 | 3 | The wrecked sch. Nabob narrowly escaped destruction by fire in Milwaukee. The fire caught from sparks from steambarge Daisy Day. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Steam barge | Daisy Day | 1881-09-22 | 3 | Steam barge Daisy Day loaded with grain for L. J. Conway & Son, cleared for Milwaukee, Monday. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Steambarge | Daisy Day | 1882-05-04 | 3 | The Daisy Day touched here with back freight Thursday evening, and cleared later the same night for Muskegon to load shingles. |
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.