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 | Hyacinth | 1912-06-27 | 1 | Bringing in beacon light material | |
| Door County Advocate | Steamer | Hyacinth | 1912-11-07 | 1 | In port | |
| 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 | Steamer | Hyacinth | 1913-10-10 | 1 | In port and left supplies for the light house. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Supply boat | Hyacinth | 1916-08-18 | 1 | Supply boat in port with supplies for the local lighthouse. She was short two deckhands and two local lads shipped on the boat for the rest of the season. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Tender | Hyacinth | 1915-04-23 | 2 | Tender Hyacinth called here to place a buoy on the 15 foot reef just north of the harbor, better known as the Dickenson reef. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Light house tender | Hyacinth | 1924-05-02 | 1 | Light house tender in with the season's supplies for the lighthouse at this point. The 3 h. p. motor for the fog horn was also unloaded. | |
| Door County Advocate | Steamer | Hyacinth | 1912-04-25 | 1 | Picked up disabled in straits - broken wheel | |
| Door County Advocate | Steamer | Hyacinth | 1923-11-30 | 6 | Taking up buoys | |
| Door County Advocate | Lighthouse tender | Hyacinth | 1913-05-01 | 1 | In port |
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.