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 | James Hall | 1914-10-16 | 1 | The schooner James Hall arrived in port yesterday with a cargo of 3800 barrels of salt for distribution along ports on this shore. The little schooner Cora of Menominee was also in with a load of wood. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Schooner | James Hall | 1915-04-30 | 1 | Arrived in port with a cargo of 75 cord wood for owner S. H. Newman. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Schooner | James Hall | 1915-04-16 | 3 | First sailing vessel to make this port this season. She is one of few remaining sailing vessels. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Schooner | James Hall | 1916-07-14 | 1 | Cleared for Washington Island where he will have 50 acres of clover cut and posts loaded on the James Hall. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | James Hall | 1916-04-21 | 1 | S. H. Newman owner of the James Hall had a couple of divers here on Monday for the purpose of removing the broken wheels on his boat and replacing them with new ones. | ||
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | James Hall | 1916-04-21 | 1 | S. H. Newman the past week loaded his boat the James Hall with 85 tons of hay for shipment south. Sam purchased the hay from farmers and it is reported paid as high as $13.00 a ton for it. | ||
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Schooner | James Hall | 1916-07-28 | 1 | No trace found of Gilbert Goodlet who is believed to have been lost overboard Friday night. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Schooner | James Hall | 1916-09-15 | 1 | Schooner owned and sailed by S. H. Newman of Algoma is believed to be a total wreck on Twin River Point where she went ashore in a dense fog. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Schooner | James Hall | 1916-11-17 | 1 | The Hall was lost on Lake Huron last Friday. She was recently purchased from Mr. Newman by N. C. Spencer of Escanaba and was in command of Captain Dan Seavey at the time she was lost. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Schooner | James Hall | 1914-07-17 | 1 | Unloaded a cargo of 85 cords of bolts for the Plumbers Woodwork Co. An unloading device recently purchased was described. |
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.