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 | 1897-04-22 | 3 | Capt. John Peterson has command with Preston Smith is mate. It cleared for Menominee after a load of lumber for her owner Samuel Perry. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Schooner | Industry | 1897-07-29 | 3 | The schooner Industry is idle at the present time. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Schooner | Industry | 1896-04-23 | 3 | Owned by Samuel Perry. She will be captained by Capt. John Peterson this season. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Schooner | Industry | 1896-05-28 | 3 | Cleared for Menominee on her first trip for this season. John Peterson is Captain. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Schooner | Industry | 1896-06-04 | 3 | In from Menominee with a cargo of lumber for her owner Samuel Perry. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Schooner | Industry | 1896-06-11 | 3 | The schooner Industry lost a part of her jib-boom last Friday, by running into the piling at the bridge in Sturgeon Bay. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Industry | 1896-06-18 | 3 | The Industry has had a new jib boom put on in place of the one broken a few weeks ago in a collision with the bridge at Sturgeon Bay. | ||
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Schooner | Industry | 1899-08-25 | 3 | Has been in port a week or more with a cargo of Scranton coal, was unloaded last Saturday. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Schooner | Industry | 1900-05-04 | 1 | Capt. Wm. Henry is busy there days making some needed repairs on the schooner Industry. As soon as this is finished the vessel will be fitted out for the season's trade. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Schooner | Industry | 1900-05-18 | 1 | The schooner Industry has been garbed in a new coat of green paint. |
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.