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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manitowoc Pilot | Tug | Brooks | 1882-08-10 | 3 | Of Escanaba, went into dry dock here on Monday to stop a leak | |
| Manitowoc Pilot | Tug | Brooks | 1883-11-29 | 3 | Will receive repairs at this place | |
| Manitowoc Pilot | Fishing tug | Brooks | 1884-01-17 | 3 | Having difficulty getting in and out of harbor. Lost about 70 nets last week | |
| Manitowoc Pilot | Tug | Brooks | 1884-10-23 | 3 | Was sold on a chattel mortgage sale at this place last week | |
| Manitowoc Pilot | Brooks | 1887-11-10 | 3 | Captain of Nutt says Nutt and not the Brooks that picked up bodies of Vernon disaster | ||
| Manitowoc Pilot | Tug | Brooks | 1897-01-28 | 3 | Unable to break it s way through ice up to Eighth street | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Tug | Brooks | 1901-08-30 | 12 | The schooner Mary Ludwig with the merry-go-round aboard cleared for Green Bay on Tuesday. She was towed into the lake by the tug Brooks. | |
| 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 | 1901-12-13 | 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 | 1901-12-20 | 1 | Weather has been so cold they have been unable to get out into the lake regularly on account of ice and also steam which arises from the lake |
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.