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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manitowoc Pilot | Lumber | Lumber vessel men | 1879-01-16 | 3 | Convention to set card rates and penalty for offenders | |
| Manitowoc Pilot | Lumber | Lumbering | 1862-12-05 | 3 | Preparations made to lumber here on a large scale | |
| Manitowoc Pilot | Lumberman | 1889-03-28 | 3 | Owned by Captain A. T. Hanson on Wed. from Scove+s yard. | ||
| Manitowoc Pilot | Schooner | Lumberman | 1892-11-24 | 3 | Sheltered here on Friday | |
| Manitowoc Pilot | Schooner | Lumberman | 1893-04-13 | 3 | Capsized in the lake off Racine. Steamer Minominee rescued crew. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Schooner | Lumberman | 1893-03-23 | 3 | Captain Orin Vose left for Chicago Tuesday to fit out the schooner Lumberman, of which schooner he will have command the coming season. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Lumberman | 1893-04-13 | 3 | Mariners will find of special interest the account of the capsizing of the Lumberman, published elsewhere in this paper. | ||
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Schooner | Lumberman | 1912-05-17 | 7 | Captain Anton Hanson, for many years in the employ of the late V. Mashek at Kewaunee is master of the schooners Lumberman and Richard Mott, is this year sailing the schooner Resumption. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Schooner | Lumberman | 1885-05-07 | 3 | Arrived May 2. Departed May 3, bark. | |
| Door County Advocate | Schooner | Lumberman | 1891-07-04 | 8 | Loaded at Whitefish Bay |
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.