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 | 1877-07-05 | 10 | Is now carrying stone to Two Rivers. The Manitowoc contract is completed. | ||
| 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 | Scow | Lady Ellen | 1889-08-01 | 3 | The scow Lady Ellen loaded 50,000 feet of hardwood lumber for Zastrow & Co., to Milwaukee, on Saturday. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Scow | Lady Ellen | 1889-11-07 | 3 | Arrived with a large cargo of back freight for local merchants. She loaded for Milwaukee, cordwood in the hold and 50 barrels of scrap iron on deck. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Scow | Lady Ellen | 1889-10-24 | 3 | The scow Lady Ellen unloaded a cargo of coal at this port on Friday, and loaded posts for H. Gericke and Aug. Froemming, the next day to Milw. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Scow | Lady Ellen | 1889-09-05 | 3 | The scow Lady Ellen loaded with wood for E. Zander and Co., and bark for Henry Gericke, to Milwaukee, on Tuesday. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Lady Ellen | 1889-11-28 | 3 | Arrived from Milwaukee with 80 barrels of winter apples. She loaded with cord wood, on owners account. | ||
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Scow | Lady Ellen | 1899-11-10 | 3 | Scow, which has been laying in the river for a number of years, had her spars taken out. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Scow | Lady Ellen | 1900-04-20 | 1 | The old hulk still lies in the river between Second and Fourth street bridges. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Scow | Lady Ellen | 1887-06-23 | 3 | The scow Lady Ellen departed this week with a cargo of posts taken on at Sam. Perry's dock. |
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.