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 | Dredge | Kewaunee | 1917-10-19 | 8 | Kewaunee. The dredge Kewaunee, tug Industry and scows returned to Kewaunee from Two Rivers Saturday and are now engaged in dredging out the harbor basin. The work is expected to keep them busy the rest of the season. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Dredge | Kewaunee | 1917-09-28 | 1 | Dredge Kewaunee, after making repairs, cleared for Two Rivers to dredge in that port. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Kewaunee | 1915-08-06 | 3 | Kewaunee. Reminiscences of other days dealing with the Racine, schooner Kelpie, Fearless, Kewaunee, scow schooner Frest and Captain Higgie about the Eastland disaster. | ||
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Coast Guard Station | Kewaunee | 1915-05-28 | 3 | Warrant officer Anton Jesson and Sam Tufts of the Kewaunee station left for Milwaukee to get the life boat which has been undergoing repairs. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Dredge | Kewaunee | 1915-04-09 | 2 | Dredge Kewaunee in tow of tug Manitowoc and accompanied by the tug Industry and scows, left Kewaunee for Waukegan. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Dredge | Kewaunee | 1915-03-19 | 3 | Dredge will be taken from Manitowoc to Kenosha and Waukegan to deepen the harbors at those places so that coal boats can enter them. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Revenue Service | Kewaunee | 1915-02-05 | 3 | Captain Anton Jessen was notified of the passage of the bill uniting the Life Saving Service with the Revenue Service under the name of the Coast Guard. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Dredge | Kewaunee | 1915-01-08 | 2 | Kewaunee. Work has commenced on repairs to government crafts now in winter quarters, particularly the scows for the dredge Kewaunee. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Dredge | Kewaunee | 1914-11-20 | 2 | Will go to Manitowoc for repairs. If repairs are completed in time, she will be brought back to Kewaunee for the winter. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Dredge | Kewaunee | 1914-12-18 | 2 | Kewaunee. Gov. dredge Kewaunee in tow of the tug Manitowoc left her Friday morning for the ship yards at Manitowoc for repairs. |
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.