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 | Com. Nutt | 1886-02-18 | 3 | She will soon be employed by some of our fisherman for lifting nets off this point diring the next season of fishing. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Tug | Com. Nutt | 1886-03-25 | 3 | Went out Tuesday to make their first lift of the season. They secured about 600 pounds of trout from 10 boxes of nets. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Tug | Com. Nutt | 1885-11-26 | 3 | The tug Com. Nutt brought in a barge of wood on Tuesday. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Tug | Com. Nutt | 1884-08-28 | 3 | Tug Com. Nutt brought a supply of dynamite on Tuesday, which was placed in the government magazine up the river. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Tug | Com. Nutt | 1884-09-11 | 3 | Tug Com. Nutt, arrived, with lumber from Clay Banks. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Tug | Com. Nutt | 1884-07-10 | 3 | Tug Com. Nutt cleared Tuesday for Two Rivers, with scow loaded with bark for H. Gericke. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Com. Nutt | 1885-03-12 | 3 | Instead of rebuilding her, James Tufts, of Clay Banks, has decided to build a new hull for the machinery taken out. | ||
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Tug | Com. Nutt | 1884-10-09 | 3 | Brought a large quantity of fish here. The fish had been purchased of fishermen in the vicinity of Baileys Harbor. | |
| Door County Advocate | Tug | Com. Nutt | 1883-05-24 | 3 | Towing at Clay Banks and Ahnapee | |
| Door County Advocate | Tug | Com. Nutt | 1885-03-05 | 3 | Plight of owners to either enlarge or build new tug |
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.