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 | Manitowoc | 1914-11-13 | 3 | Tug Manitowoc with the barge Rip Rap arrived from Sturgeon Bay and will soon go into winter quarters. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Tug | Manitowoc | 1914-12-18 | 2 | Kewaunee. Gov. dredge Kewaunee in tow of the tug Manitowoc left her Friday morning for the ship yards at Manitowoc for repairs. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Tug | Manitowoc | 1915-01-01 | 2 | Kewaunee. The government tug Manitowoc, Captain Alexander, went into winter quarters here last Friday. The boat will not bring the dredge Kewaunee here from Manitowoc as the latter will remain in Manitowoc. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Tug | Manitowoc | 1915-03-19 | 3 | Kewaunee. Captain Alexander will put the government tug Manitowoc in commission next Monday. The Manitowoc has been thoroughly overhauled and placed in the best of condition. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Tug | Manitowoc | 1915-11-05 | 2 | Kewaunee. The tug Manitowoc arrived in port with the scow Rip Rap. The Manitowoc left for Milwaukee. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Tug | Manitowoc | 1915-05-07 | 2 | Kewaunee. The government tug Manitowoc on Monday took the rip rap to the Sturgeon Bay canal, and returning Monday afternoon to Kewaunee, left at once for Menominee with a scow of cement. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Tug | Manitowoc | 1915-04-16 | 4 | The government tug Manitowoc, Capt. Alexander with a crew of surveyors and engineer aboard, was in port several days this week taking soundings of the harbor and basin. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Tug | Manitowoc | 1915-06-04 | 2 | After having spent the last two weeks doing towing work in the vicinity of Sturgeon Bay the government tug Manitowoc Captain A. Alexander, returned to Kewaunee last Saturday evening. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Tug | Manitowoc | 1913-09-05 | 1 | Tug with a surveying crew aboard was in port Tuesday. | |
| Door County Advocate | Barge | Manitowoc | 1894-11-17 | 5 | Into Manitowoc for repairs |
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.