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 | Wind jammer | Lucy Graham | 1910-09-02 | 8 | She is nearly half century old. Had a cargo of lumber for the Kewaunee Manufacturing Company. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Lucy Graham | 1897-05-20 | 3 | The Lucy Graham was in port last Thursday wind bound. She was loaded with wood for Milwaukee. | ||
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Schooner | Lucy Graham | 1893-05-25 | 3 | Took shelter in this harbor with a cargo of wood from the north. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Schooner | Lucy Graham | 1912-07-05 | 8 | The schooner Lucy Graham discharged a cargo of lumber here on Saturday for the Kewaunee Manufacturing Company. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Schooner | Lucy Graham | 1909-08-20 | 1 | The schooner Lucy Graham unloaded a cargo of lumber here for S. H. Newman the forepart of the week. She cleared for Washington Island on Tuesday after another load. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Schooner | Lucy Graham | 1900-06-22 | 1 | While sailing into this port, she collided with the south pier, tearing out a cat head and broke several feet off the rail on her port bow. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Schooner | Lucy Graham | 1895-07-18 | 3 | Ran in here to await favorable winds. She was bound for Milwaukee with a cargo of posts. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Lucy Graham | 1892-05-26 | 3 | The Lucy Graham dropped into this harbor, for shelter, last Saturday. | ||
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Schooner | Lucy J. Clark | 1883-11-15 | 3 | The sch. Lucy J. Clark was released from the beach at Cross Village, by the tug S. S. Coe. Coe had to leave and she again went ashore. | |
| Door County Advocate | Steamer | Lucy Neff | 1903-02-28 | 1 | New decks - formerly the W. P. Ketcham |
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.