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 | Lightship tender | Hyacinth | 1928-12-07 | 16 | Brought in lightships Peshtigo Reef and Eleven Foot Shoal | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Lighthouse boat | Hyacinth | 1903-12-11 | 1 | Steamer J. Emery Owen burned and the Ann Arbor carferry No. 1 towed her into the canal at Sturgeon Bay where she sank in 20 feet of water at the bay end. Many vessels came to her rescue. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Lighthouse tender | Hyacinth | 1910-06-10 | 3 | The light house tender Hyacinth was in port Tuesday morning with supplies for the local light house and fog signal. She was bound north. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Tender | Hyacinth | 1910-09-09 | 7 | The U. S. light house tender Hyacinth was in port on official business Wednesday afternoon. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Steamer | Hyacinth | 1908-07-03 | 1 | The U. S. Steamer Hyacinth with Major Judson of Milwaukee on board, arrived in port at 7:30 Wednesday morning. After laying here several hours she cleared for the south. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Steamer | Hyacinth | 1912-04-26 | 1 | Steamer Hyacinth broke a wheel and was towed to St. Ignace by the carferry Chief Wawatam. | |
| 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 | Lighthouse tender | Hyacinth | 1930-04-25 | 12 | Setting can and gas buoys | |
| Door County Advocate | Lighthouse supply boat | Hyacinth | 1929-05-03 | 5 | In port | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Tender | Hyacinth | 1910-11-11 | 6 | The U. S. lighthouse tender Hyacinth was in port with supplies for the local station last Saturday. |
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.