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 | Sea Star | 1882-06-08 | 3 | From Clay Banks. Two vessels, the Sea Star and Driver, loaded at the pier here last week. | ||
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Scow | Sea Star | 1882-05-25 | 3 | From Clay Banks. The Sea Star cleared Saturday with 80 cords of wood for Swaty & Fellows. She was leaking quite badly. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Sea Star | 1881-11-17 | 3 | Capt. Aug. Schoennemann is lying sick in Chicago and Capt Chas. Nelson will have charge of the Sea Star until his recovery. | ||
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Sea Star | 1881-12-01 | 3 | Schooner Julia Smith was beached here north of anchorage. Locals used Sea Star's yawl to save crew. | ||
| 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 | 1881-12-15 | 3 | Scow Sea Star is expected daily with merchandise for Clay Banks, for Swaty & Fellows. She will load wood at Foscoro for Milwaukee. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Scow | Sea Star | 1881-12-29 | 3 | Scow Sea Star was in port last night. She is loaded with wood from Foscoro for Milwaukee. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Scow | Sea Star | 1882-06-22 | 3 | From Clay Banks. The steambarge Daisy Day and the scow Sea Star loaded at the pier here last week. | |
| 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. |
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.