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 | 1889-04-25 | 3 | Cleared to Chicago with 2500 paving posts, for S. Perry. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Schooner | Industry | 1889-03-14 | 3 | The steam barge Mary Mills, the schooners Industry and Clara, and the scow Wm. Finch are undergoing repairs. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Schooner | Industry | 1888-12-13 | 3 | The schooner Industry cleared for Milwaukee on Saturday with a cargo of cordwood for Samuel Perry and August Froemming. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Schooner | Industry | 1888-11-29 | 3 | The schooner cleared from this port on Saturday morning for Horse Shoe Bay, to take on a cargo of cordwood for Youngs & Felzer. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Tug | Industry | 1916-04-21 | 2 | Dredge Kewaunee finished her work at Kewaunee. The dredge and tug Industry left for Milwaukee. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Tug | Industry | 1915-12-10 | 2 | Kewaunee. Arrived in port from Sturgeon Bay with two dump scows and went into ordinary for winter. She had been undergoing repairs at the Sturgeon Bay ship yards. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Tug | Industry | 1916-10-27 | 2 | Kewaunee. The dredge Kewaunee in tow of the tug Manitowoc and the scows in charge of the Industry left for Milwaukee Saturday. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Tug | Industry | 1916-09-22 | 2 | Kewaunee. The schooner Jas. H. Hall arrived in Kewaunee in a sinking condition and in tow of the tug Sunrise. She was in such bad shape that the coast guard crew and the tug Industry were needed to save the schooner from sinking at her dock. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Tug | Industry | 1916-10-06 | 3 | Engineer Henry Devine of the government tug Industry went over to Sturgeon Bay Saturday to spend the weekend with his family. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Tug | Industry | 1916-10-20 | 2 | While tug Industry was towing the government dump scows, a scowman fell overboard, kicked off his boots and swam to the pier. |
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.