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 | Industry | 1877-07-05 | 10 | Arrived at Ahnapee June 29 from Milwaukee. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Schooner | Industry | 1877-07-19 | 8 | Arrived at Ahnapee July 17 from Milwaukee. Cleared 19th for Chicago with 2,300 posts for August Froeming. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Schooner | Industry | 1877-11-29 | 8 | Arrived at Ahnapee Nov. 22 from Manitowoc. Cleared Nov. 25 for Milwaukee with wheat for Conway Brothers. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Schooner | Industry | 1877-10-11 | 8 | Has gone upon the beach at white Hall and is reported to be a complete wreck. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Schooners | Industry | 1887-06-02 | 3 | The schooners Industry, Eliza Day, Lady Ellen, Finch and Tempest were among the clearances this week. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Schooner | Industry | 1887-05-05 | 2 | Orion Vose and G. W. Wing purchased the schooner Industry, from Manitowoc parties. Orion still retains interest in the Lady Ellen. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Schooner | Industry | 1887-05-12 | 3 | Capt. Orion Vose is fitting out his schooner and is calking and doing carpentry work on it. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Schooner | Industry | 1888-05-10 | 3 | The schooner Industry run in here on her way to Sturgeon Bay, where she is bound for a cargo of lumber for S. Perry. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Schooner | Industry | 1887-11-17 | 3 | Propeller Depere passed across the bow of schooner Industry only a few rods ahead. Schooner Industry had dynamite on board. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Schooner | Industry | 1889-09-05 | 3 | The schooner Industry took 50 cords of maple wood for Samuel Perry, for Milwaukee, on Tuesday. |
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.