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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Door County Advocate | Steamer | Empire State | 1900-06-30 | 1 | Ashore south of Little Sturgeon | |
| Door County Advocate | Empire State | 1894-04-28 | 5 | Recently sold | ||
| Door County Advocate | Schooner | Empire State | 1882-03-30 | 3 | Purchased by lumber co. to be converted to a barge | |
| Manitowoc Pilot | Propeller | Empire State | 1868-08-21 | 1 | Collided with schooner Dunderberg on Lake Huron and sank it | |
| Manitowoc Pilot | Steamer | Empire State | 1868-09-25 | 2 | Second mate charged with manslaughte for sinking Dunderberg | |
| Manitowoc Pilot | Steamer | Empire State | 1 | Barry liner had a small fire enroute from Sturgeon Bay to Kewaunee Sat. | ||
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Steamer | Empire State | 1902-07-18 | 1 | The steamer Empire State of the Barry line laid at Menominee a couple of days this week, owing to her machinery being disabled. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Steamer | Empire State | 1902-04-04 | 1 | Steamers operated by the Barry Bros. Transportation Company are to be equipped for wireless telegraphy. If tests are successful equipment will immediately be installed on the steamers Empire and Badger State. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Steamer | Empire State | 1902-05-30 | 1 | In port on her way south with a large consignment of freight for local dealers. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Steamer | Empire State | 1903-04-17 | 1 | The Barry steamers have been taken off the Lake Shore run. Information given where the Empire and Badger State and the City of Freemont will run. |
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.