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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Door County Advocate | Schooner | James Hall | 1912-05-02 | 1 | 1st sail arrival of season - to be given gasoline motor power | |
| Door County Advocate | Schooner | James Hall | 1912-06-20 | 1 | Ran onto sunken slab dock at island mill | |
| Door County Advocate | Schooner | James Hall | 1911-09-14 | 1 | Purchased | |
| Door County Advocate | Schooner | James Hall | 1913-05-08 | 1 | New mainmast put in | |
| Door County Advocate | Schooner | James Hall | 1913-07-31 | 1 | Old wheels put back on | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Schooner | James Hall | 1914-12-18 | 1 | In port for shelter. She had loaded Christmas trees at Sturgeon Bay and Baileys Harbor for a total of 6,000 trees. | |
| 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. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Schooner | James Hall | 1915-07-02 | 2 | Kewaunee. A cargo of ties and posts for the railroad company were discharged here Monday by the schooner James Hall of Algoma. The cargo was picked up at Jackson Harbor, Washington Island. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Schooner | James Hall | 1915-05-07 | 2 | Kewaunee. Fifty barrels of salt were left local merchants Monday by the schooner James Hall which arrived here Sunday evening from Ludington, Mich. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Schooner | James Hall | 1915-04-16 | 5 | Returned to port from the Michigan shore with a cargo of salt for merchants of this city, Kewaunee and Sturgeon Bay. This was the Hall's first trip of the season. |
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.