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 | 1889-09-05 | 3 | The schooner Industry took 50 cords of maple wood for Samuel Perry, for Milwaukee, on Tuesday. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Schooner | Industry | 1889-08-15 | 3 | John Lahey, of the schooner, has been laid up for several weeks due to stepping into a hole in a side walk and spraining his ankle. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Schooner | Industry | 1889-05-23 | 3 | Cleared with a cargo of paving posts for A. Froemming. Friends wished well to Capt. Flynn and family who are moving to Chicago. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Schooner | Industry | 1889-07-18 | 3 | Industry, Capt. James Flyn, arrived in port on Monday and Tuesday left for Cedar River to load posts for Henry Harkins, to Milwaukee. | |
| 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 | 1887-05-19 | 3 | Irvin McDonald went to Manitowoc on Tuesday to assume his duties as mate of the schooner Industry. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Schooner | Industry | 1888-04-12 | 3 | On last Friday, Capt. Orion Vose sold to Capt. Jas Flynn, the schooner Industry, of which he was half owner, for $1,300. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Schooner | Industry | 1887-12-08 | 3 | Capt. Orion Vose has put his schooner into winter quarters at Kewaunee, and will spend the winter ashore. | |
| 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 | 1888-07-05 | 3 | The schooner Industry arrived light from Milwaukee on Monday and took on 600,000 shingles at Froemming's dock for S. L. Hall to Racine. |
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.