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 | Alabama | 1910-06-24 | 1 | The new Goodrich steamer Alabama will leave Manitowoc Saturday evening for Chicago to go on its regular run. Capt. Edward Taylor, who sailed the steamer Indiana last season, if master of the boat. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Steamer | Alabama | 1910-04-29 | 10 | The Goodrich Transit company are contemplating another passenger steamer, a sister ship to the new steamer Alabama and will cost $225,000. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Steamer | Alabama | 1909-01-29 | 1 | Plans for the Alabama, new boat to be built, have not been finalized. The Goodrich company plans increased service with the Indiana, Iowa and Virginia. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Alabama | 1912-05-17 | 7 | One of the vessels mentioned in a big article written by an old steamboat man of forty odd years and given in the Chicago Magazine. This is a continuation of previous articles. | ||
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Steamer | Alabama | 1909-12-10 | 1 | Information about the Alabama being launched December 18th. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Steamer | Alabama | 1910-05-06 | 1 | The steamer Alabama is nearing completion at the yards of the Manitowoc Dry Dock company in Manitowoc. It was taken out for its first trial trip last Sunday. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Steamer | Alabama | 1906-09-21 | 1 | New boat to be built for the Goodrich Co. She is to cost $250,000. | |
| Door County Advocate | Freighter | Alabat | 1919-02-28 | 1 | Reached Boston | |
| Manitowoc Pilot | Steamer | Alamakee | 1870-06-30 | 3 | Gave excursion down river to where Wisconsin river meets the Mississippi | |
| Manitowoc Pilot | Scow | Alaska | 1879-04-03 | 3 | Crew of tug trying to release scow got sick due to rough seas |
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.