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 | Scow | Lady Ellen | 1881-09-29 | 3 | The scow Lady Ellen brought a full cargo of lath from Two Rivers, Sunday, for W. F. Palmer. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Scow | Lady Ellen | 1881-09-15 | 3 | Scow Lady Ellen took 10 cords of stone to Sheboygan. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Scow | Lady Ellen | 1881-08-04 | 3 | Capt. John McDonald has sold his scow to Wm. Henry and Orrin Vose. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Scow | Lady Ellen | 1880-11-25 | 3 | The scow was beached at Foscoro Tuesday night. She was lying at the pier, cut loose and permitted to go ashore. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Scow | Lady Ellen | 1880-09-23 | 3 | The tug Piper, scow Lady Ellen, and schooner Hattie, the latter with apples, were in port this morning. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Scow | Lady Ellen | 1880-04-15 | 4 | Taken out loads from this port. Scow Lady Ellen, to-day, piles, for the Whitefish Bay pier. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Scow | Lady Ellen | 1880-04-22 | 3 | The scow was caught in the snow storm and was obliged to lay at anchor off this port. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Scow | Lady Ellen | 1880-05-06 | 3 | Another load of lumber was taken to Two Rivers by the scow Lady Ellen this morning. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Scow | Lady Ellen | 1880-06-03 | 3 | The scow Lady Ellen, in tow of the tug Piper, arrived in port with about 25,000 feet of sheet piling for the harbor pier. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Lady Ellen | 1879-05-22 | 8 | The Lady Ellen brought another load of 35 M. feet of lumber to this city Saturday, from Jacksonport. The consignment was for S. Perry. |
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.