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 | Menominee | 1876-06-15 | 8 | Has taken the place of the Truesdell on the Green Bay route. | ||
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Harbor | Menominee | 1875-02-25 | 8 | Provisions for harbors. $25,000. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Propeller | Menominee | 1874-11-26 | 8 | Came here on Tuesday with an immense cargo of goods for our merchants. This is her last trip the present season. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Propeller | Menominee | 1883-04-19 | 3 | The propeller Menominee was in port Friday afternoon, and discharged large quantities of merchandise for our dealers. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Propeller | Menominee | 1883-04-05 | 3 | The propeller Menominee, of Goodrich line, is expected in port to-morrow. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Steamer | Menominee | 1892-04-07 | 3 | In port. On account of the large amount of freight taken on for the south, the steamer did not clear until midnight. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Steamer | Menominee | 1892-07-28 | 3 | The three Goodrich line steamers, Muskegon, Ludington and Menominee, were all in this port at the same time last Saturday night. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Steamer | Menominee | 1893-02-09 | 3 | In attempting to get through the ice at the canal, she stove in a plank just below the water line. Some time spent stopping the leak. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Steamer | Menominee | 1894-10-04 | 3 | The steamer Menominee took on a lot of peas here last Sunday for the south, for L. J. Conway and Jeff Teweles the grain merchants here. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Steamer | Menominee | 1894-03-15 | 3 | The Goodrich line steamer Menominee went as far north as the Sturgeon Bay canal last Monday and stopped here on her way south. |
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.