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 | 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 | 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 | 1916-07-28 | 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 | 1915-08-20 | 1 | The schooner James Hall lay in port several days while returning to Washington Island from a trip to Sheboygan. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Schooner | James Hall | 1915-06-25 | 1 | Schooners Westcott of Milwaukee , H. D. Davis of Menominee, Cora A. with wood and the James Hall with miscellaneous cargo, were all in port on Wednesday | |
| 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 | 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. |
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.