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 | Steambarge | Burroughs | 1884-02-28 | 3 | Had been ice bound at Bailey's Harbor. Was in our harbor last Saturday on her way to Milwaukee to lay up for a short time. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Barge | Burroughs | 1884-01-17 | 3 | The schooner Tempest has been laid up in Milwaukee. Capt. James Flynn owner and master returned home on the barge Burroughs. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Steambarge | Burroughs | 1884-02-07 | 3 | She landed a lot of freight for Swaty, Youngs & Felozer and went here to Bailey's Harbor to load wood and returned to Milwaukee. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Barge | Burroughs | 1884-05-29 | 3 | Barge Burroughs arrived Monday, bringing Walt Youngs home from Whitefish Bay. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Steambarge | Burroughs | 1884-04-10 | 3 | Was in port and discharged some freight for Frank Kwapil. She went to Whitefish Bay to load with lumber for Youngs & Frazer for Milw. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Steambarge | Burroughs | 1883-11-15 | 3 | Cleared with a load of bran and feed for W. Seyk & Co. of Kewaunee, and baled hay for L. J. Conway & Son from that firm's press. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Barge | Burroughs | 1889-10-31 | 3 | The barge Burroughs took a hundred tons of hay from Conway & Sons' press on Saturday, consigned to Ford River, Mich. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Barge | Burroughs | 1887-11-03 | 3 | Thought to be a victim of gale but arrived at Kewaunee safe and sound on Tuesday. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Barge | Burroughs | 1887-12-29 | 3 | The barge Burroughs was in port on Monday and took on a cargo of baled hay from Conway & Son's press, for Ford River Michigan. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Barge | Burroughs | 1888-05-10 | 3 | The barge Burroughs took on a load of baled hay for Conway & Son, Monday. |
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.