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 | Scow schooner | Augustus | 1912-08-23 | 1 | The passing of the sail vessel. The sail vessel Augustus, Captain Dow has turned his attention to the salt business. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Scow schooner | Augustus | 1912-04-26 | 6 | In port with a cargo of salt. She is the first sail vessel to enter this port this season. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Scow schooner | Augustus | 1911-09-22 | 6 | Arrived in port from Kewaunee with a cargo of salt which was loaded at Ludington and disposed of to merchants along this shore. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Scow schooner | Augustus | 1915-10-01 | 2 | Kewaunee. There is a rumor that Capt. Arthur Dow has laid up his scow schooner and returned from active life. If true, Lake Michigan has lost the last of its old time vessel men, and the Manitowoc mosquito fleet is now history. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Scow schooner | Augustus | 1916-07-14 | 2 | Kewaunee. Weathered in port. She was bound south with a cargo of wood. Captain Alex Dow sold the Augustus to Captain George Cota who was owner and master of the schooner William Aldrich which was lost three weeks ago. | |
| Door County Advocate | Scow | Augustus | 1894-12-29 | 5 | Laid up at Sheboygan | |
| Manitowoc Pilot | Schooner | Augustus | 1 | One of few schooner of winter fleet. | ||
| Door County Advocate | Hooker | Augustus | 1902-11-22 | 1 | Wind-bound | |
| Door County Advocate | Schooner | Augustus | 1910-05-12 | 1 | In with 700 barrels of salt | |
| Door County Advocate | Schooner | Augustus | 1911-04-27 | 1 | First appearance - laden with salt |
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.