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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 Commodore Nutt 1885-09-10 3 Started for Sheboygan with a barge loaded with wood. Heavy seas nearly filled her. She therefore returned here to pump out the barge.
Ahnapee (Algoma) Record Tug Commodore Nutt 1885-08-27 3 Was here last week. She pumped out a sunken scow and took it to Clay Banks where it will be loaded with bark.
Ahnapee (Algoma) Record Tug Commodore Nutt 1884-11-27 3 Completed her contract for towing stone scows across the Bay to Menominee. She loaded with beer and departed for Bailey's Harbor.
Ahnapee (Algoma) Record Tug Commodore Nutt 1886-05-06 3 The tug Commodore Nutt has abandoned fishing off this point and will now be used exclusively for towing purposes.
Ahnapee (Algoma) Record Tug Commodore Nutt 1886-09-23 3 The tug Commodore Nutt will tow a scow load of lumber and wood to Sheboygan to-day.
Ahnapee (Algoma) Record Tug Commodore Nutt 1887-06-16 3 The tug Commodore Nutt arrived in port on Monday with a scow load of lumber from Sturgeon Bay, consigned to Sam Perry.
Ahnapee (Algoma) Record Tug Commodore Nutt 1887-05-26 3 Brought a scow load of eight thousand feet of lumber from Clay Banks for the new school house in the town of Ahnapee.
Ahnapee (Algoma) Record Tug Commodore Nutt 1887-05-26 3 The tug Commodore Nutt towed the Wm. Finch to Clay Banks on Tuesday.
Ahnapee (Algoma) Record Tug Commodore Nutt 1887-04-28 3 The lively little tug Commodore Nutt is kept busy just now towing vessels in the harbor.
Ahnapee (Algoma) Record Tug Commodore Nutt 1884-04-17 3 Cleared here Thursday, Bailey's Harbor, with a load of beer for Ahanpee Brewing Co.

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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.

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