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 | Steamer | Chicago | 1877-05-17 | 8 | Two boys stowed away in the hold of the steamer and steamed away "to pastures new." | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Steamer | Chicago | 1877-05-31 | 8 | Arrived at Ahnapee May 26 from Chicago with mdse. Cleared 26th for Chicago with mdse. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Steamer | Chicago | 1877-05-17 | 8 | Timetable for the season. Arrives Saturday, at 10 o'clock A. M. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Steamer | Chicago | 1877-06-14 | 8 | Arrived at Ahnapee June 9 from Chicago. Cleared 9th for Chicago. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Steamer | Chicago | 1877-06-21 | 10 | Arrived at Ahnapee June 16 from Chicago. Cleared 16th for Chicago. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Chicago | 1879-11-06 | 4 | The steamer Sheboygan took the place of the Chicago lost Saturday. | ||
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Steamer | Chicago | 1879-10-09 | 4 | The steamer Chicago landed an unusual large amount of freight at this port last Saturday. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Steamer | Chicago | 1879-07-17 | 4 | A good brass and string band have been placed on both steamers Chicago and Sheboygan. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Steamer | Chicago | 1879-09-18 | 4 | Quite a number took passage for the south on the steamer Chicago last Saturday. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Chicago | 1879-09-18 | 4 | Werth Brothers, horse dealers of Milwaukee, shipped seventeen head of cattle south on the Chicago last Saturday. |
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.