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 | Success | 1879-09-18 | 4 | The scow Success loaded with 2,500 ties and 25 cords of bark for F. Swaty & Son, on the 8th, and cleared for Chicago the same day. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Scow | Success | 1879-04-24 | 8 | Arrived April 23, Chicago. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Scow | Success | 1879-09-25 | 4 | The scows Success, Forest, J. I. Johnston, Southside and Becker, and schooner Sea Gem weathered Sunday's gale in our bay. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Scow | Success | 1885-10-29 | 3 | The scow Success took out a cargo of 5,000 hemlock ties for S. Perry on Saturday. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Scow | Success | 1885-04-30 | 3 | The scows Success and Nellie Church loaded with ties for Samuel Perry, making 8 cargoes he has shipped in a week. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Scow | Success | 1877-04-26 | 8 | Arrived at Ahnapee April 23 from Chicago: Cleared 24 for Chicago with 400 telegraph poles and 5,000 post for Swaty & Son. | |
| Door County Advocate | Tug | Success | 1910-11-24 | 1 | Sprung a leak and sank at her pier | |
| Door County Advocate | Success | 1911-06-01 | 1 | Hull being utilized in making land at Lincoln park lagoon | ||
| Door County Advocate | Scow | Success | 1890-05-17 | 5 | On reef + off near Jacksonport | |
| Door County Advocate | Scow | Success | 1897-01-02 | 1 | Lost on the Lakes During 1896 - stranded |
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.