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 | 1888-08-16 | 3 | Schooner Industry, due to a gale, when off Kewaunee was forced to run to the canal for shelter. Schooner Little Georgie problems given. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Industry | 1889-03-14 | 3 | Information on work being done given. | ||
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Schooner | Industry | 1888-11-08 | 3 | Arrived from Milwaukee with a cargo of freight for our city merchants. Will probably take a cargo from here to some Mich. Port. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Schooner | Industry | 1888-12-06 | 3 | The schooner Industry arrived on Sunday from Milwaukee with a cargo of apples. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Schooner | Industry | 1888-11-29 | 3 | The schooner cleared from this port on Saturday morning for Horse Shoe Bay, to take on a cargo of cordwood for Youngs & Felzer. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Schooner | Industry | 1900-05-25 | 1 | Finally go fair weather and left for Menominee in command of her new owners. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Schooner | Industry | 1900-05-18 | 1 | Hans Elison and Eli Nelson of Sturgeon Bay on Tuesday purchased the schooner Industry from Samuel Perry for $550. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Schooner | Industry | 1900-07-13 | 1 | The schooner Pearl lost her foretopmast at Menominee when she became foul of the schooner Industry's jib boom. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Schooner | Industry | 1902-06-06 | 1 | The schooner Industry was in port Wednesday with a full cargo of hemlock plank for Henry Grimm | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Tug | Industry | 1911-04-14 | 8 | Gov. dredge and tug Industry out of winter quarters. The steamer Manitowoc is now engaged in taking soundings of the west shore harbors. |
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.