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 | Conquest | 1887-01-06 | 3 | Capt. Wh. H. McDonald was going to place the Conquest in winter quarters here but the cold snap hit when he was in Chicago. | ||
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Conquest | 1886-11-18 | 3 | Capt. has decided not to put her in winter quarters, but to take a cargo of Christmas trees to Chicago. | ||
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Schooner | Conquest | 1887-04-14 | 3 | While going through the draw, large masses of ice blocked the path. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Conquest | 1886-05-13 | 3 | The Conquest took a cargo of posts for Conway & Son the fore part of this week. | ||
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Conquest | 1886-03-25 | 3 | Capt. W. H. McDonald has the repairs and changes on his vessel, completed, except the painting. | ||
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Schooner | Conquest | 1886-04-15 | 3 | The schooner Conquest left for Chicago last night with ties for Sam Perry. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Schooner | Conquest | 1878-12-12 | 4 | Capt. McDonald stripped and made fast the schooner for the winter. He immediately took his crew into the woods to get out a large quantity of ties and posts this winter. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Schooner | Conquest | 1878-11-14 | 8 | Clay Banks Items; Arrived last Sunday morning with a large stock of goods from Chicago for F. Paarman and took out a cargo of cedar ties for Milwaukee. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Conquest | 1878-11-21 | 8 | Loaded 3,600 ties for Chicago for E. Decker & Co. | ||
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Schooner | Conquest | 1879-04-10 | 8 | The schooner shows a new fore gaft-top-sail. |
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.