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 | 1886-06-10 | 3 | The scow Lady Ellen and the small trading schooner Nellie Detroit, were in port on Monday. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Scow | Lady Ellen | 1887-04-28 | 3 | The scow Lady Ellen arrived on Thursday evening with a cargo of merchandise. | |
| 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. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Lady Ellen | 1887-05-12 | 3 | The Lady Ellen, bound south, was in Manitowoc harbor from Sunday till Tuesday afternoon, wind bound. | ||
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Lady Ellen | 1887-05-05 | 2 | The Lady Ellen loaded at S. Perry's dock with 2,500 paving posts for Milwaukee. | ||
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Lady Ellen | 1887-05-19 | 3 | Dan Henry will ship as mate on the Lady Ellen. | ||
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Scow | Lady Ellen | 1887-06-30 | 3 | Information on good record of schooner Industry, recently purchased by Orion Vose, formerly of scow Lady Ellen. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Scow | Lady Ellen | 1887-07-21 | 3 | The scow Lady Ellen cleared for Milwaukee with a cargo of wood early this morning. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Lady Ellen | 1887-08-04 | 3 | The Lady Ellen arrived in port on Tuesday with a cargo of merchandise consigned to our merchants. | ||
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Lady Ellen | 1887-10-20 | 3 | Arrived on Saturday from Milwaukee. She had a cargo of over 50 barrels of oil besides a large quantity of freight. |
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.