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 | Propeller | Annie Laura | 1878-08-29 | 8 | When about 60 miles from Chicago her iron rudder broke. The tug J. H. Hackley towed it into Chicago. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Steamer | Annie Laura | 1912-03-15 | 3 | One of the vessels mentioned in a big article written by an old steamboat man of forty odd years and given in the Chicago Magazine. | |
| Door County Advocate | Steambarge | Annie Laura | 1895-09-28 | 5 | Wind-bound | |
| Door County Advocate | Steamer | Annie Laurie | 1893-08-12 | 5 | Released - ashore at foot of Lake Michigan | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Steambarge | Annie Laurie | 1894-05-24 | 3 | Arrived with a cargo of steel rails for the Ahnapee & Western Railway Co. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Steambarge | Annie Laurie | 1893-05-25 | 3 | The steambarge Annie Laurie took on a cargo of baled hay here last Thursday for L. J. Conway and cleared for Chicago. | |
| Manitowoc Pilot | Steambarge | Annie Laurie | 1893-08-10 | 3 | Arrived in tow of tug Monarch. Had gone ashore near Escanaba. | |
| Door County Advocate | Tug | Annie Laurie | 1866-09-06 | 1 | Sold to I. Stephenson & Co. of Menominee | |
| Door County Advocate | Tug | Annie Laurie | 1871-11-30 | 3 | At Menekaunee it had hard time due to low water | |
| Door County Advocate | Steambarge | Annie Laurie | 1944-05-19 | 1 | Prolonged life by going into sand trade |
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.