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 | Lady Ellen | 1877-06-14 | 8 | Wm. Henry has doffed his fishing suit and donned a sailor's. The Lady Ellen has prospered since he has joined her crew. | ||
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Scow | Lady Ellen | 1877-05-31 | 8 | Arrived at Ahnapee May 26 from Manitowoc. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Scow | Lady Ellen | 1877-05-17 | 8 | Cleared May 11th for Manitowoc with 10 cds. Of stone. Arrived at Ahnapee May 16 from Manitowoc. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Scow | Lady Ellen | 1889-04-11 | 3 | The scow lady Ellen cleared on Tuesday for Milwaukee, after waiting for nearly a week for fair wind. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Lady Ellen | 1888-11-15 | 3 | The Lady Ellen arrived on Saturday with a cargo of coal and mixed freight for merchants here. | ||
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Scow | Lady Ellen | 1889-07-25 | 3 | The scow Lady Ellen cleared on Friday with 47 cords of bark for Henry Gericke to Milwaukee. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Scow | Lady Ellen | 1889-07-11 | 3 | The scow Lady Ellen loaded bark for Henry Gericke also to Milwaukee, on Monday. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Lady Ellen | 1889-08-22 | 3 | Arrived Saturday with a number of bneer casks for the brewery. She loaded with wood and bark for A. Frowmming and H. Gericke, to Milw. | ||
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Lady Ellen | 1887-12-22 | 3 | Arrived here with the planking on her bow badly cut by ice encountered in Sheboygan harbor. | ||
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Scow | Lady Ellen | 1887-11-10 | 3 | The scow Lady Ellen is expected here to-day with a quantity of back freight for our merchants and also several barrels of apples. |
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.