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 | Scow | Lady Ellen | 1884-11-13 | 3 | The scow Lady Ellen was in port today, coal laden for Kewaunee, to which place she proceeded Monday. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Scow | Lady Ellen | 1884-12-04 | 3 | Came into port from the south Monday evening. She was "stripped" and placed in winter quarters by her owners the following day. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Scow | Lady Ellen | 1885-04-02 | 3 | Capt. Wm. Henry and Orion Vose began work overhauling and repainting the scow Lady Ellen. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Scow | Lady Ellen | 1885-05-07 | 3 | The scow arrived in port Sunday evening with a supply of iron and coal for Tifft & Hay. She also had back freight. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Lady Ellen | 1889-05-16 | 3 | Cleared during the past week. Friday, 2,500 paving posts for H. Gericke to Milwaukee. | ||
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Scow | Lady Ellen | 1889-06-27 | 3 | Scow Lady Ellen and schooner Georgie Brown arrived in port. Cargo brought in and loaded and for whom given. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Scow | Lady Ellen | 1889-07-25 | 3 | The scow Lady Ellen cleared on Friday with 47 cords of bark for Henry Gericke to Milwaukee. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Lady Ellen | 1889-10-31 | 3 | Lady Ellen cleared on Friday with cedar ties and cord wood for Milwaukee. | ||
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Lady Ellen | 1889-08-22 | 3 | Arrived Saturday with a number of bneer casks for the brewery. She loaded with wood and bark for A. Frowmming and H. Gericke, to Milw. | ||
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Scow | Lady Ellen | 1888-06-14 | 3 | The scow Lady Ellen arrived on Monday from Milwaukee with a miscellaneous cargo of merchandise for merchants in this city. |
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.