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 | Sea Star | 1881-12-01 | 3 | Came in with merchandise for F. Swaty & Son and Swaty & Fellows. Took mechandise to Clay Banks for Swaty & Fellows new store. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Scow | Sea Star | 1881-12-22 | 3 | Clay Banks. C. L. Fellows is daily expecting the arrival of the scow Sea Star with a load of merchandise. She will take on a cargo of wood. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Scow | Sea Star | 1882-01-12 | 3 | The scow Sea Star will load at Foscoro for Chicago to-day. This will be a good opportunity for our merchants to get goods from Chicago. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Scow | Sea Star | 1882-03-23 | 3 | Capt. Aug Shonnemann, formerly of the scow Sea Star, it is reported has been driving on a street car in Chicago during the past winter. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Scow | Sea Star | 1882-12-07 | 3 | The scow Sea Star has been laid up for the winter in this harbor. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Sea Star | 1880-08-26 | 3 | The Sea Star will not be launched this week as was expected. | ||
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Scow | Sea Star | 1880-09-16 | 3 | The scow Sea Star is taking on a load at the bridge pier to-day and will probably depart before to-morrow morning. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Scow | Sea Star | 1880-09-30 | 3 | F. Swaty & Son loaded Sea Star with 2,500 posts, 25,000 feet lumber and 280,000 cedar shingles. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Scow | Sea Star | 1880-10-07 | 5 | The scow Sea Star yesterday took out 63 cords of wood, 1,200 posts and 10 cords of bark for F. Swaty & Son at Foscoro | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Sea Star | 1880-10-21 | 3 | Shipments last week. Sea Star with 2,000 posts for F. Swaty & Son. |
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.