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 | Tug | Leviathan | 1887-07-21 | 3 | It is reported that the tug Leviathan has raised the schooner City of Sheboygan so that her bulwarks and bow are out of water. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Tug | Leviathan | 1883-08-23 | 3 | The tug Leviathan got the propeller Potomac off the beach. One of three pumps broke down so she sank between the piers. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Tug | Leviathan | 1881-04-28 | 3 | The wrecking tug Leviathan is at work on the schooner Nabob. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Tug | Leviathan | 1881-05-05 | 3 | The schooner George H. Warmington was pulled off the beach by the wrecking tug Leviathan and been towed to Milwaukee for repairs. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Tug | Leviathan | 1881-06-09 | 3 | The tug Leviathan has succeeded in removing the schooner Nabob within 50 feet of deep water. She has probably been released since. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Tug | Leviathan | 1881-10-20 | 3 | The tug, lost a raft of logs belonging to Mann Brothers, off Two Rivers. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Tug | Leviathan | 1882-09-07 | 3 | Several attempts to rescue steambarge Grace Patterson failed. Her machinery is sold to the owners of tug Leviathan. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Tug | Leviathan | 1880-11-18 | 3 | The tug Leviathan has as yet not released the schooner Nabob, ashore at Cana Island. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Tug | Leviathan | 1878-03-14 | 10 | Captain Charles Kirtland, late of the wrecking tug Leviathan, will command the propeller Menominee this season. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Tug | Leviathan | 1879-09-04 | 4 | It is believed that the sch. Alleghany, ashore near Racine, will be set afloat again. The tug Leviathan has been at work on her some time. |
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.