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 | Sea Star | 1882-06-08 | 3 | From Clay Banks. Two vessels, the Sea Star and Driver, loaded at the pier here last week. | ||
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Scow | Sea Star | 1883-04-19 | 3 | Newly painted. Left port for Foscoro, where she will take on a cargo of shingles and posts for Swaty & Fellows, for Chicago. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Scow | Sea Star | 1882-12-07 | 3 | The scow Sea Star has been laid up for the winter in this harbor. | |
| Door County Advocate | Schooner | Sea Star | 1883-04-26 | 3 | Foscoro to Chicago with posts | |
| Door County Advocate | Scow | Sea Star | 1883-05-31 | 3 | Paid $55 for colliding with craft | |
| Door County Advocate | Scow | Sea Star | 1886-11-11 | 3 | Almost a total wreck | |
| Manitowoc Pilot | Scow | Sea Star | 1872-07-18 | 3 | Arrived July 22, Chicago. Cleared July 20, Chicago, 80 cds wood | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Scow | Sea Star | 1879-09-18 | 4 | The scow Sea Star owned by C. L. Fellows, cleared for Chicago on Tuesday, laden with 3,000 ties for F. Swaty & Son. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Schooner | Sea Star | 1879-10-09 | 4 | Report that the schooner was lying off Bailey's Harbor in a waterlogged condition proves to be erroneous. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Sea Star | 1879-07-24 | 4 | Charley Fellows discharged his old sailors on the Sea Star, and hired an entire new crew for her. |
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.