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 | O. B. Green | 1881-07-14 | 3 | New tug was launched at Chicago last week. Information on her given. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Tug | O. B. Green | 1882-04-20 | 3 | The tug O. B. Green, of Chicago, will be used for towing vessels through the Sturgeon Bay canal this season. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Tug | O. B. Green | 1875-05-13 | 8 | Called at this port. Had been at Caney Island with scows reclaiming cargo of a barge there. | |
| Door County Advocate | Tug | O. B. Green | 1883-03-29 | 3 | In commission in Chicago river | |
| Door County Advocate | Tug | O. B. Green | 1886-06-17 | 3 | Vessel ran into her | |
| Door County Advocate | Tug | O. B. Green | 1911-05-18 | 1 | To be dismamtled and machinery placed in new steel hull | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Tug | O. B. Green | 1877-10-11 | 8 | With a scow and the new sand digger, cleared from Chicago on the 5th inst, and should be in Sturgeon Bay by this time. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Tug | O. B. Green | 1879-12-04 | 4 | The schooner John Martin, aground at the head of Green Bay was released by the tugs O. B. Green and Alert. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Tug | O. B. Green | 1882-11-23 | 3 | The tug O. B. Green took six vessels through the Sturgeon Bay ship canal at one tow Tuesday. A profitable trip for her. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Tug | O. B. Green | 1881-09-08 | 3 | The new tug O. B. Green is now ready for business. |
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.