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 | Driver | 1882-11-16 | 3 | Clay Banks. The Driver and another craft loaded at the pier here, last week, for our merchants. | ||
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Schooner | Driver | 1882-10-19 | 3 | While towing the schooner Driver up the North Branch (Chicago) the tug Flossie Thielcke ran aground and the vessel ran on her. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Schooner | Driver | 1880-06-10 | 3 | The schooner Driver, with 6,500 posts for Swaty & Son, departed from Foscoro last Saturday. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Schooner | Driver | 1880-09-02 | 3 | The schooner Driver, with 4,700 ties for Aug. Froeming, departed on Wednesday. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Driver | 1882-11-30 | 3 | The Driver was in this harbor Tuesday. She was loaded with merchandise for F. Paarmann's store at Clay Banks. | ||
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Driver | 1882-10-26 | 3 | Clay Banks. The Driver, of Chicago, is expected hourly to load at the pier here. | ||
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Schooner | Driver | 1882-10-19 | 3 | Clay Banks. The schooner Driver is at our pier loading with wood for F. Paarmann. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Schooner | Driver | 1880-05-27 | 3 | Shipments by F. Swaty & Son the past week. 7,000 posts. Cleared to-day. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Schooner | Driver | 1881-11-03 | 3 | Schooner Driver cleared for Michigan City with ties for F. Swaty & Son and A. Froeming. | |
| Door County Advocate | Quarry | Drummond Dolomite corporation | 1947-01-17 | 1 | Was the Sturgeon Bay Company - moving equipment to Drummond |
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.