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 | Tempest | 1884-03-27 | 3 | Arrived here Monday. She was the first sail craft to arrive here and the first to clear from Milwaukee. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Schooner | Tempest | 1884-04-24 | 3 | Arrived with 300 barrels of suckers on board. Unable to sell them here, he sailed for Milwaukee or Chicago. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Schooner | Tempest | 1884-05-15 | 3 | Arrived in this port. She will take on a cargo of potatoes, butter and eggs, and will clear for Menominee, Mich. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Schooner | Tempest | 1884-07-03 | 3 | Schooner Tempest cleared Monday for Menominee with a cargo of hay. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Schooner | Tempest | 1884-06-19 | 3 | Schooner Tempest, with hay for Marinette, cleared on Tuesday. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Tempest | 1887-11-03 | 3 | Feared for safety. Had been gone upwards of two weeks and being overdue here but finally arrived at this port. | ||
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Schooner | Tempest | 1887-09-22 | 3 | From the Sheboygan County News. Leak in vessel. Due to the assistance of the Life Saving Crew she was pumped out and patched. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Schooner | Tempest | 1887-11-17 | 3 | Has stripped and gone into winter quarters here. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Schooner | Tempest | 1887-07-21 | 3 | Sprang a leak when about 8 miles off this port. She made it to Kewaunee where the leak was stopped. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Schooner | Tempest | 1887-08-25 | 3 | The schooner Eliza Day loaded ties at this port and the small schooner Tempest and scow Lady Ellen each loaded with bark. |
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.