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 | Steamer | Corona | 1885-11-19 | 3 | She waii lay up for the winter at Manitowoc. Our only communication with the outside world will be by stage. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Steamer | Corona | 1885-10-22 | 3 | Change of route times due to the immense rush of freight. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Steamer | Corona | 1887-11-10 | 3 | Discharged a quantity of bolts and a government yawl belonging to the engineer department to have stored in government storehouse. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Steamer | Corona | 1887-09-22 | 3 | Again several hours behind. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Corona | 1887-10-13 | 3 | Owing to the prevailing high sea on Wednesday the Corona did not enter our harbor, but proceeded on her way north. | ||
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Steamer | Corona | 1888-05-17 | 3 | Arrives every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday nights from the south, and Monday, Thursday and Saturday morning from the north. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Steamer | Corona | 1887-05-19 | 3 | John P. Johnson, fireman who died as the boat was entering the harbor, hailed from Moreland, Ill. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Steamer | Corona | 1887-05-05 | 2 | The steamer Corona arrived on Tuesday with over fifty deck passengers bound north to work on the rail-road in Michigan. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Steamer | Corona | 1887-09-08 | 3 | The steamer Corona was caught in the blow Tuesday evening and the passengers were pretty badly shaken up for a little while. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Steamer | Corona | 1887-09-22 | 3 | Experiencing an unprecedented amount of business in the freight line and therefore constantly late. |
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.