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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Door County Advocate | Bark | Two Friends | 1923-05-18 | 1 | Info of its being on rocks at North Bay in 1880 | |
| Manitowoc Pilot | Two Friends | 1880-10-21 | 3 | Ashore at North Bay, salt laden | ||
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Schooner | Two Friends | 1881-08-04 | 3 | Repairs and outfit to the wrecked schooner will cost in the neighborhood of $10,000. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Schooner | Two Friends | 1881-07-21 | 3 | The tug Leviathan has arrived in Milwaukee with the schooner Two Friends, released at North Bay. She will go to sch. E. C. L. in Sister Bay. | |
| Door County Advocate | Bark | Two Friends | 1896-02-29 | 5 | Now the steambarge Pewaukee | |
| Door County Advocate | Two Friends | 1923-10-12 | 9 | Ashore at North Bay Oct. 16, 1880 | ||
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Schooner | Two Friends | 1881-08-18 | 3 | Repairs on the schooner Two Friends have been completed at Milwaukee. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Schooner | Two Friends | 1881-05-26 | 3 | The schooner Two Friends, which went ashore at Cana Island last fall, has been released and taken to Milwaukee for repairs. | |
| Lake Geneva News Tribune | Gasoline Excursion | Two Gar 40 Boats | 1930-05-22 | 1 | Wisconsin Transportation Company has also purchased two "baby gar 40's" which are similar but smaller | |
| Door County Advocate | Light station | Two Harbors | 1908-10-15 | 1 | In Lake Superior |
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.