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 | Success | 1882-09-28 | 3 | The Success lies in port waiting to load. She will take on ties for Milwaukee. | ||
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Scow | Success | 1882-05-04 | 3 | The scows Success and Coaster came in yesterday. The former will load for S. Perry and the latter for Henry Gericke. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Scow | Success | 1882-04-20 | 3 | Scow Success, of Manitowoc, loaded ties for Samuel Perry and cleared the 19th for Chicago. She was another Sunday arrival. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Scow | Success | 1882-04-06 | 3 | The scow Success left port Tuesday with a cargo of 5000 ties for S. Perry for Chicago. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Scow | Success | 1881-07-14 | 3 | Shipments from this port. Chicago, 6,000 ties. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Scow | Success | 1881-08-04 | 3 | Shipments from this port. Chicago, 6000 ties. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Scow | Success | 1881-10-06 | 3 | The scow Success cleared with a cargo of ties for S. Perry, for Michigan City. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Scow | Success | 1881-09-08 | 3 | Since our last the scow Success has cleared for Chicago with 6000 ties, and the sch. El Tempo for Milw. With 2500 ties and 90 cords of bark. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Schooner | Success | 1893-05-25 | 3 | Arrived with a cargo of ties for August Froemming. Will clear to-day if the wind and weather be favorable. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Schooner | Success | 1880-04-15 | 4 | Taken out loads from this port. Scow Success, Sunday, 5,400 ties for E. N. Anderson. |
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.