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 | Pier | Tufft's | 1879-02-13 | 8 | Gale badly damaged Tufft's pier the other side of Clay Banks. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Mill | Tufft's | 1878-05-30 | 8 | Was driving a double rotary saw and a shingle machine at a rapid rate. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Pier | Tuffts' | 1878-01-24 | 8 | Thomas Trenson is about to start a saloon at Tuffts' old pier three miles north of here.(Clay Banks) | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Pier | Tuft | 1880-03-25 | 4 | From Clay Banks. The repairing of Tufts' pier is going on nicely. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Pier | Tufts | 1880-02-26 | 4 | From Clay Banks. About 200 feet of Tufts' pier was carried away during the heavy blow of last Friday. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Pier | Tufts and Paarmann | 1883-06-21 | 3 | The propeller Favorite with three barges ran on the reef at Foscoro. She put her fuel on one of her barges and got off. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Pier | Tufts and Paarmann | 1883-02-22 | 3 | Clay Banks. Materials being hauled to the shore for the proposed new pier; also for making some necessary repairs on the old one. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Pier | Tufts and Paarmann | 1883-06-21 | 3 | Clay Banks. Pier is out about 1,200 feet and when completed will be about 1,800 feet long. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Pier | Tufts and Paarmann | 1883-02-08 | 3 | From Clay Banks. James Tufts and F. Paarmann are preparing to run out a pier at this place next spring. | |
| Door County Advocate | Pier | Tufts s @ Clay Banks | 1881-04-28 | 3 | Repaired |
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.