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 | 1884-09-04 | 3 | The Tug Com. Nutt came in port on Monday. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Tug | Com. Nutt | 1884-05-22 | 3 | Arrived Tuesday from Clay Banks with lumber for J. G. Weilep and J. B. Orth who are erecting two stables. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Com. Nutt | 1884-07-24 | 3 | Com. Nutt arrived Tuesday with scow in tow. | ||
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Tug | Com. Nutt | 1885-09-24 | 3 | Came in with her scow in tow, the same that was beached in the storm. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Tug | Com. Nutt | 1885-10-15 | 3 | Tug picked up body. An inquest is being held. Body thought to be one of the victims of the scow Milton. | |
| 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 | 1886-01-14 | 3 | Jas. Tuffts is having the tug Com. Nutt covered with heavy sheet iron so that she can pass through fields of floating ice without injury. | |
| Manitowoc Pilot | Tug | Com. Nutt | 1880-09-02 | 3 | Was in the dry dock this week having her stern bearings tightened |
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.