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 | 1884-04-10 | 3 | Arrived and stoved a hole in her bow hitting the harbor pier. She will go to Foscoro and load with wood for Racine, for Swaty & Fellows. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Scow | Sea Star | 1883-11-15 | 3 | Lost her anchor while lying under the lea of Plumb Island. She began to drag and had to slip her cable to prevent going on the beach. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Scow | Sea Star | 1883-05-31 | 3 | When about to tow out of Chicago harbor, she was run into by some schooner which took out the Star's jibboom. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Scow | Sea Star | 1883-05-24 | 3 | Caught alongside pier at Clay Banks. Struck bottom and jettison her deck load. Went S., collided with unknown craft but made Chicago. | |
| 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. | |
| 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 | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Schooner | Sea Star | 1879-10-02 | 4 | Reported that the schooner, owned by C. L. Fellows, is lying off Bailey's Harbor in a waterlogged condition. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Scow | Sea Star | 1879-07-24 | 4 | Arrived July 20, Milwaukee. Departed July 22, 4,600 posts for F. Swaty & Son. |
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.