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 | James Hall | 1916-06-16 | 8 | The James Hall arrived in port on Saturday last from a trip across the lake laden with salt which was consigned to merchants along the lake shore towns in this section. | ||
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | James Hall | 1916-04-21 | 1 | S. H. Newman the past week loaded his boat the James Hall with 85 tons of hay for shipment south. Sam purchased the hay from farmers and it is reported paid as high as $13.00 a ton for it. | ||
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Schooner | James Hall | 1916-04-14 | 1 | S. H. Newman, owner of the James Hall has had his boat put in readiness for the season's work. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Schooner | James Hall | 1916-07-14 | 1 | Cleared for Washington Island where he will have 50 acres of clover cut and posts loaded on the James Hall. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Schooner | James Hall | 1916-08-18 | 1 | The schooner James Hall went aground in Menekaunee reef and a party of young people sailing on the Wave, discovered the craft's plight and summoned help. The tug Thompson went to the schooner's relief and pulled her free. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Schooner | James Hall | 1916-09-15 | 1 | Schooner owned and sailed by S. H. Newman of Algoma is believed to be a total wreck on Twin River Point where she went ashore in a dense fog. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Schooner | James Hall | 1915-11-12 | 5 | Loaded wood at Jacksonport, ran onto the reef that lies off that point and rescued by the Canal and the Coast Guard crew from Baileys Harbor. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Schooner | James Hall | 1915-06-25 | 1 | Schooners Westcott of Milwaukee , H. D. Davis of Menominee, Cora A. with wood and the James Hall with miscellaneous cargo, were all in port on Wednesday | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Schooner | James Hall | 1914-10-16 | 1 | The schooner James Hall arrived in port yesterday with a cargo of 3800 barrels of salt for distribution along ports on this shore. The little schooner Cora of Menominee was also in with a load of wood. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Schooner | James Hall | 1915-04-16 | 5 | Returned to port from the Michigan shore with a cargo of salt for merchants of this city, Kewaunee and Sturgeon Bay. This was the Hall's first trip of the season. |
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.