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 | 1882-07-27 | 3 | Clay Banks. James Tufts has laid up his tug, the Commodore Nutt, for the present. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Tug | Commodore Nutt | 1882-10-19 | 3 | The schooner T. Y. Avery, when outside off Two Rivers had her mainsail split badly. Towed into port by tug Commodore Nutt. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Tug | Commodore Nutt | 1882-05-04 | 3 | James Tuffts fishing tug arrived in port Saturday evening. She will be put into the fishing business. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Tug | Commodore Nutt | 1891-12-31 | 3 | The tug Commodore Nutt, of Two Rivers, strolled around in the harbor here for an hour or two last evening. She was from the south. | |
| Door County Advocate | Tug | Commodore Nutt | 1893-01-14 | 5 | New hull being built | |
| 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 | 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 | 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 | 1884-04-24 | 3 | The tug Commodore Nutt went to Clay Banks, on Saturday, with the scow Mishicott in tow. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Tug | Commodore Nutt | 1884-03-27 | 3 | The tug arrived here from Two Rivers. She will be employed in the fishing business at this place the coming summer. |
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.