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 | Schooner | Evening Star | 1879-12-04 | 4 | Alex Doak, of the schooner Evening Star, exchanged a few words on our streets last Monday. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Schooner | Evening Star | 1880-01-08 | 4 | Is to receive new decks and deck beams and be lengthened 16 feet. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Evening Star | 1879-08-28 | 4 | The following vessels cleared from this port during the past week; America, Two Brothers, Evening Star and City of Woodstock. | ||
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Schooner | Evening Star | 1913-07-25 | 1 | A. Louden, captain of the Chas. B. Owen, talks about being mate on the schooner Evening Star and owner of the schooner Jessie Winters. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Evening Star | 1879-04-17 | 8 | Captain of the Blue Belle reported a sailor had been lost off the Evening Star. It actually was off the Glad Tidings. | ||
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Schooner | Evening Star | 1879-12-04 | 4 | She rode out the gale from the south in the bay last Sunday, and narrowly escaped going ashore. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Schooner | Evening Star | 1879-10-09 | 4 | The schooner Evening Star, Capt. Alex Doak, will go into dry dock for some bottom calking. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Schooner | Evening Star | 1879-10-23 | 4 | The schooner, lumber laden for Chicago, was lying at anchor off this port yesterday, windbound. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Tug | Evenson | 1895-06-06 | 3 | The tug Evenson was sunk a little to the north of this port, and a couple of miles out. She was attempting to take the barge I. Watson Stevenson in tow. | |
| Door County Advocate | Tug | Evenson | 1890-10-25 | 5 | Sold to Hohn Laurie for $3,800 |
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.