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 | Sea Star | 1881-05-05 | 3 | Shipments by F. Swaty & Son from Foscoro: Scow Sea Star, 4000 ties | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Scow | Sea Star | 1881-08-11 | 3 | Shipments from this port. Milwaukee, 50 cords wood and 500 telegraph poles. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Sea Star | 1881-11-17 | 3 | Capt. Aug. Schoennemann is lying sick in Chicago and Capt Chas. Nelson will have charge of the Sea Star until his recovery. | ||
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Scow | Sea Star | 1882-05-11 | 3 | The scow, owned by C. L. Fellows, drifted on the beach half a mile north of Sheboygan light house point. Tug Kitty Smoke released her. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Scow | Sea Star | 1882-03-23 | 3 | Capt. Aug Shonnemann, formerly of the scow Sea Star, it is reported has been driving on a street car in Chicago during the past winter. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Scow | Sea Star | 1881-12-01 | 3 | Came in with merchandise for F. Swaty & Son and Swaty & Fellows. Took mechandise to Clay Banks for Swaty & Fellows new store. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Scow | Sea Star | 1881-12-15 | 3 | Scow Sea Star is expected daily with merchandise for Clay Banks, for Swaty & Fellows. She will load wood at Foscoro for Milwaukee. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Scow | Sea Star | 1881-12-08 | 3 | Scow Sea Star cleared, Friday, with ties for F. Swaty & Son. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Scow | Sea Star | 1881-12-22 | 3 | Clay Banks. C. L. Fellows is daily expecting the arrival of the scow Sea Star with a load of merchandise. She will take on a cargo of wood. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Scow | Sea Star | 1882-07-06 | 3 | From Clay Banks. The scow Sea Star loaded here last Sunday. |
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.