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 | Ann Arbor No. 1 | 1896-03-05 | 3 | From Kewaunee. Ann Arbor No. 2 is still in the dry dock at Milwaukee. The No. 1 has been making her regular trips of late. | ||
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Ferry | Ann Arbor No. 1 | 1894-02-22 | 3 | Ann Arbor No. 2 could not enter harbor at Frankfort due to a sand bar. Returned to Kewaunee to await dredging. No. 1 + No. 2 then set out. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Steamer | Ann Arbor No. 1 | 1893-02-02 | 3 | The Ferry Steamer Ann Arbor No. 2 arrived in Kewaunee this, Thursday, morning. The Ann Arbor No. 1 has not made a trip since Saturday. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Carferry | Ann Arbor No. 1 | 1915-05-07 | 2 | Kewaunee. Tug Knight Templar, Captain Moody, here enroute to Sturgeon for spring overhauling. Captain Moody had been Captain of the Ann Arbor carferry No. 1 in its reign as queen of the Great Lake Traffic. | |
| Door County Advocate | Steamer | Ann Arbor No. 1 | 1911-06-15 | 1 | Raised | |
| Door County Advocate | Carferry | Ann Arbor No. 1 | 1910-11-10 | 1 | Attemp to remove wreck failed | |
| Door County Advocate | Ann Arbor No. 1 | 1903-08-08 | 1 | In commission after much work | ||
| Door County Advocate | Carferry | Ann Arbor No. 1 | 1903-06-27 | 1 | Improvements made | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Carferry | Ann Arbor No. 1 | 1911-06-16 | 1 | Burned hulk raised. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Carferry | Ann Arbor No. 1 | 1903-12-11 | 1 | Steamer J. Emery Owen burned and the Ann Arbor carferry No. 1 towed her into the canal at Sturgeon Bay where she sank in 20 feet of water at the bay end. Many vessels came to her rescue. |
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.