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 | Hyacinth | 1912-07-05 | 8 | One of the boilers and part of the machinery in the old fog signal station on the north pier was removed last Saturday and taken to Ludington by the government steamer Hyacinth. | |
| Door County Advocate | Steamer | Hyacinth | 1923-11-30 | 6 | Taking up buoys | |
| Door County Advocate | Steamer | Hyacinth | 1938-10-07 | 6 | Caisimir Wajakowski of steamer visited | |
| Door County Advocate | Hyacinth | 1926-05-07 | 13 | Towed Peshtigo Reef Lightship to station | ||
| Door County Advocate | Lighthouse tender | Hyacinth | 1925-10-02 | 10 | In port | |
| Door County Advocate | Hyacinth | 1927-09-16 | 12 | Gov. boat | ||
| Door County Advocate | Lightship tender | Hyacinth | 1928-12-07 | 16 | Brought in lightships Peshtigo Reef and Eleven Foot Shoal | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Steamer | Hyacinth | 1913-09-26 | 1 | Captain Chas. T. Bronson dies at his home in Milwaukee. He was Captain of the Revenue Cutter Calumet before the Spanish-American War and commanded the U. S. steamer Hyacinth for 10 years. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Tender | Hyacinth | 1914-11-20 | 2 | Arrived in port for installing the gas generating range light on the North Harbor pier, and to install new oil tanks in the local fog signal station. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Tender | Hyacinth | 1915-05-28 | 3 | In with supplies for the Kewaunee station for both the lighthouse and fog station and made arrangements for the placing of a buoy on the Dickenson reef. |
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.