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 | Schooner | Nabob | 1881-09-08 | 3 | The wrecked sch. Nabob narrowly escaped destruction by fire in Milwaukee. The fire caught from sparks from steambarge Daisy Day. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Schooner | Nabob | 1881-04-28 | 3 | A tug with a scow in tow, thought to be the tug Leviathan and schooner Nabob, passed this port. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Schooner | Nabob | 1877-09-06 | 8 | Has taken out cargo from Kewaunee. | |
| Manitowoc Pilot | Schooner | Nabob | 1863-05-29 | 3 | Ran into a tug near Detroit, sinking the tug | |
| Manitowoc Pilot | Schooner | Nabob | 1881-06-30 | 3 | Tonnage 310, built at Manitowoc in 1864 by G. S. Rand | |
| Manitowoc Pilot | Schooner | Nabob | 1885-12-10 | 3 | G. S. Rand owned the schooner Nabob in company with his brother and Platt & Vilas | |
| Manitowoc Pilot | Schooner | Nabob | 1 | Part of maritime history in Manitowoc by Timothy Kelly Sr. | ||
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Schooner | Nabob | 1881-06-23 | 3 | The schooner Nabob has at last been released from the beach, by the tug Leviathan, and towed to Milwaukee. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Schooner | Nabob | 1881-09-01 | 3 | The schooner has been libeled for $7980 by the Kirtland, Wolf & Davidson wrecking company for releasing the vessel at Cana Island. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Schooner | Nabob | 1881-04-14 | 3 | The tug Leviathan is to release the schooner George H. Warmington, on Summer Island, and then the schooner Nabob, on Cana Island. |
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.