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 | Tug | John Leatham | 1891-08-06 | 3 | In port. Was up this way looking for a tow and dropped in to lay by until an expected one should work down. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Tug | John Leatham | 1902-05-02 | 1 | Harlow Fuller drowned in Lake Michigan the latter part of last week by falling off the tug John Leatham. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Tug | John Leatham | 1895-05-02 | 3 | Capt. Henry Tufts occupies his position of last season, commander of the tug John Leatham. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Tug | John Leatham | 1880-10-28 | 3 | Is ashore at Whitefish Bay. She was driven on the beach by the southeaster of Monday. | |
| Manitowoc Pilot | Tug | John Leatham | 1892-07-28 | 3 | Brought in schooner Rogers for a general overhaul. | |
| Manitowoc Pilot | Tug | John Leatham | 1892-08-11 | 3 | Capt. John Leatham arrived here on Sun. with tug which is to receive a new wheel. | |
| Manitowoc Pilot | Tug | John Leatham | 1894-01-11 | 3 | Here to coal up. Couldn+t find fish nets on account of haze. | |
| Manitowoc Pilot | Tug | John Leatham | 1895-05-30 | 2 | Arrived Sturgeon Bay, towing; Departed, Sturgeon Bay, towing. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Tug | John Leatham | 1891-08-20 | 3 | Put out fire which destroyed a 50 x 80 foot refrigerator building near the Leathem & Smith mill dock. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Tug | John Leatham | 1894-03-22 | 3 | The first boat to enter the port of Sturgeon Bay this spring, was the tug John Leatham, which passed in, via the canal last Thursday. |
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.