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 | J. W. Wright | 1894-04-19 | 3 | Is north on her first trip for this season. She took a cargo of farm produce, and will bring back a cargo of lumber from Menominee. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Schooner | J. W. Wright | 1894-08-09 | 3 | The schooner J. W. Wright cleared Wednesday of this week, for Pentwater, Mich., after a cargo of fruit. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | J. W. Wright | 1895-04-25 | 3 | Left Monday on her first trip our this spring. She had on a cargo of farm produce, for Milwaukee, on her owners account. | ||
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | J. W. Wright | 1895-04-18 | 3 | Has been fitted out and loaded with potatoes and other farm produce, and awaiting favorable wind and weather. | ||
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Schooner | J. W. Wright | 1894-11-15 | 3 | The schooner J. W. Wright arrived here Monday from Menominee, with lumber for Capt. Jas. Tufts lumber yard. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Schooner | J. W. Wright | 1895-07-18 | 3 | The schooner J. W. Wright arrived here from Menominee, with a cargo of lumber, yesterday. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Schooner | J. W. Wright | 1895-06-13 | 3 | Has been laid up, temporarily, to await a change in the times. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Schooner | J. W. Wright | 1895-05-30 | 3 | The schooner J. W. Wright cleared for Menominee with a cargo of farm produce, last Thursday. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Schooner | J. W. Wright | 1895-05-09 | 3 | Arrived from Milwaukee with a cargo of back freight and took on farm produce for Menominee, will load lumber there for here. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Schooner | J. W. Wright | 1895-05-23 | 3 | The schooner J. W. Wright arrived here last Sunday with a cargo of lumber for H. Gericke. |
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.