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 | Schooner | Industry | 1893-08-17 | 3 | Lies in the harbor, light, but will probably sail for some northern port, or to the east shore after a cargo within a couple of days. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Schooner | Industry | 1893-09-21 | 3 | Arrived with a cargo of shingles. She cleared for the south, whither she was bound with her cargo. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Schooner | Industry | 1898-11-11 | 3 | The schooner Industry was in port with a load of lumber for Henry Grimm. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Schooner | Industry | 1899-04-28 | 3 | The schooner Industry, Capt. Wm. Henry, was loaded with cedar posts Tuesday, and will deliver them to Milwaukee. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Schooner | Industry | 1899-05-12 | 3 | The schooners Industry and Charlie J. Smith both loaded hay here Monday for the Menominee market. The hay was shipped by Seyk & Co., of this city. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Schooner | Industry | 1899-05-05 | 3 | The schooners Industry and Charlie Smith left here Sunday for Milwaukee loaded with cedar posts. The tug Brooks towed them into the lake. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Tug | Industry | 1913-04-04 | 5 | The government tug Industry passed here Wednesday with the pile driver in tow. The pile driver was being taken from the Canal to Kewaunee. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Tug | Industry | 1913-10-17 | 5 | Tug Industry left Milwaukee to tow the big new gov. dredge Kewaunee to this port. The dredge Algoma has been placed in winter quarters. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Tug | Industry | 1913-12-12 | 1 | The big new dredge Kewaunee arrived at her home port in tow of the tugs Manitowoc and Industry last Tuesday and was towed to the gov. docks for winter quarters. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Schooner | Industry | 1898-08-26 | 3 | The schooner Industry brought in a load of coal from Milwaukee the first of this week for S. Perry. The coal was delivered to parties in town at $6.25 per ton. |
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.