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 | Tug | Brooks | 1904-06-17 | 1 | Tug has been laid up at this port indefinitely. Capt. F. Chapek is thinking seriously of buying a gasoline boat which can do the same amount of work and with a smaller crew. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Tug | Brooks | 1905-09-22 | 5 | The work of raising the tug Brooks was completed Sunday afternoon and the craft is again ready for business. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Tug | Brooks | 1905-07-14 | 1 | The tug Brooks returned last Friday from Washington Island, having gone there to enable the crew to spend the Fourth at their homes on the Island. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Tug | Brooks | 1901-05-24 | 1 | Has been fishing out of Washington Harbor during the past two weeks and reports some good hauls. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Tug | Brooks | 1901-08-30 | 1 | Has been fitted out and will next week commence fishing from this port. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Tug | Brooks | 1901-11-29 | 1 | The tug Brooks towed the Butcher Boy out into the lake Saturday morning. The Butcher Boy was in port for shelter. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Tug | Brooks | 1901-12-13 | 1 | The tug Brooks attempted to pull out the pound net stakes for the Muench boys on Tuesday, but in doing so broke one of the tow posts and had to give up the job. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Tug | Brooks | 1901-12-27 | 1 | The tug Brooks experienced considerable difficulty in getting out of the harbor Monday morning. Ice to a depth of several feet was packed in between the harbor piers. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Fishing tug | Brooks | 1903-03-13 | 1 | The fishing tug Brooks was taken to Kewaunee Sunday to have her boiler cleared. The boiler on the tug Herman was also cleared on the same day. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Tug | Brooks | 1904-04-08 | 1 | Tug Brooks got out into the lake and found her nets with spoiled dead fish and damaged by their weight and the dirt accumulated in them. |
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.