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 | Tug | Manitowoc | 1915-04-16 | 4 | The government tug Manitowoc, Capt. Alexander with a crew of surveyors and engineer aboard, was in port several days this week taking soundings of the harbor and basin. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Tug | Manitowoc | 1915-03-19 | 3 | Kewaunee. Captain Alexander will put the government tug Manitowoc in commission next Monday. The Manitowoc has been thoroughly overhauled and placed in the best of condition. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Tug | Manitowoc | 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. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Tug | Manitowoc | 1914-11-13 | 3 | Tug Manitowoc with the barge Rip Rap arrived from Sturgeon Bay and will soon go into winter quarters. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Tug | Manitowoc | 1914-12-11 | 2 | Kewaunee. The tug Manitowoc will tow dredge Kewaunee to Manitowoc where the dredge will undergo repairs. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Tug | Manitowoc | 1913-12-12 | 1 | The big new dredge Kewaunee arrived at her home port in tow of the tugs Manitowoc and Industry last Tuesday and was towed to the gov. docks for winter quarters. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Tug | Manitowoc | 1913-09-05 | 1 | Tug with a surveying crew aboard was in port Tuesday. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Steamer | Manitowoc | 1912-05-17 | 7 | One of the vessels mentioned in a big article written by an old steamboat man of forty odd years and given in the Chicago Magazine. This is a continuation of previous articles. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Tug | Manitowoc | 1926-10-29 | 2 | Sturgeon Bay. Fire broke out in the engine house at the Kalmbach coal dock. The crew of the tug Manitowoc kept the flames from spreading to the two large warehouses and the fish house south of the coal yard. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Tug | Manitowoc | 1923-05-04 | 12 | The tug Manitowoc of the United States Engineering service was in the harbor Monday and Tuesday and its crew took soundings. An appropriation for dredging the harbor was announced last fall by the harbors bureau at Washington. |
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.