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 | Scow schooner | Emily Taylor | 1893-07-27 | 3 | Is out on her maiden trip. She was built here the past spring by Capt. H. Johnson. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Scow-schooner | Emily Taylor | 1893-06-15 | 3 | Will hail from Two Creeks. She is on the north side of the channel, where the work of finishing the upper works is in progress. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Emily Taylor | 1894-10-04 | 3 | Of Two Creeks, loaded with bundled edgings for the south took shelter in this port. | ||
| Door County Advocate | Scow-schooner | Emily Taylor | 1897-06-12 | 1 | Bottom examined from going on beach | |
| Door County Advocate | Scow-schooner | Emily Taylor | 1898-04-16 | 1 | Placed in commission | |
| Door County Advocate | Schooner | Emily Taylor | 1898-06-18 | 1 | Version of allefed wood-stealing | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Schooner | Emily Taylor | 1893-07-20 | 3 | Is fast nearing completion. Her spars are in place canvas bent, and the vessel will be ready to start on her maiden trip. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Scow | Emily Taylor | 1893-06-08 | 3 | New vessel of Capt. Oliver Johnson has been launched. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Scow | Emily Taylor | 1894-11-22 | 3 | The scow Emily Taylor was damaged by the Ann Arbor No. 2 while it was laying at the salt warehouse dock. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Scow | Emily Taylor | 1896-11-19 | 3 | Scow was turned over to her owner, Larschiedt. She had been in the sheriff's hands on a replevin against Capt. Cody, who has had charge of her. |
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.