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 | James Hall | 1916-06-16 | 8 | The James Hall arrived in port on Saturday last from a trip across the lake laden with salt which was consigned to merchants along the lake shore towns in this section. | ||
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Schooner | James Hall | 1916-06-02 | 1 | An unusual sight was witnessed along the water front last Friday. Three sailing vessels all discharged cargoes here on the same day.. They were the Cora, James Hall and Isolda Bock. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Schooner | James Hall | 1916-05-05 | 4 | The Hall was going from Ludington to here when it was caught in one of the worst storm this spring and crew and Captain report it the worst they were ever out in. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Schooner | James Hall | 1916-04-14 | 1 | S. H. Newman, owner of the James Hall has had his boat put in readiness for the season's work. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Schooner | James Hall | 1916-08-18 | 1 | The schooner James Hall went aground in Menekaunee reef and a party of young people sailing on the Wave, discovered the craft's plight and summoned help. The tug Thompson went to the schooner's relief and pulled her free. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Schooner | James Hall | 1916-10-06 | 5 | Capt. Frank Chapek and Capt. S. H. Newman went over to Sturgeon Bay last Saturday afternoon to look over the schooner James Hall which is in the dry docks there. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Schooner | James Hall | 1912-08-23 | 1 | The passing of the sail vessel. The sail vessels Glen Cuyler and James Hall were in port. They both have been equipped with gasoline engines. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Schooner | James Hall | 1914-05-08 | 1 | The schooner James Hall went on the rocks at Door Bluffs during a heavy fog. Was released with no damage. While on the trip north the Hall went after a load of coal from the steamer Jessie Spaulding, ashore on Fisherman's Shoal. | |
| 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. |
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.