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 | Tug | Brooks | 1899-10-20 | 3 | The tug breaks her wheel | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Tug | Brooks | 1899-11-03 | 3 | Capt. F. Chapek has been engaged in picking up logs. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Tug | Brooks | 1901-11-29 | 1 | The tug Brooks towed the Butcher Boy out into the lake Saturday morning. The Butcher Boy was in port for shelter. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Tug | Brooks | 1901-12-13 | 1 | The tug Brooks attempted to pull out the pound net stakes for the Muench boys on Tuesday, but in doing so broke one of the tow posts and had to give up the job. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Tug | Brooks | 1901-12-27 | 1 | The tug Brooks experienced considerable difficulty in getting out of the harbor Monday morning. Ice to a depth of several feet was packed in between the harbor piers. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Tug | Brooks | 1901-09-06 | 1 | Went to Two Rivers the latter part of last week to get a steam lifting roller. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Tug | Brooks | 1901-08-30 | 12 | The schooner Mary Ludwig with the merry-go-round aboard cleared for Green Bay on Tuesday. She was towed into the lake by the tug Brooks. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Tug | Brooks | 1902-12-26 | 3 | Several of their lifts have amounted to over a 1,000 pounds each. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Tug | Brooks | 1903-06-19 | 1 | Left for Horse shoe Island where they are engaged in fishing. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Tug | Brooks | 1903-08-07 | 1 | The tug Brooks and the schooner Leo arrived here from Eagle Island where outfit had been engaged in fishing for the past summer. |
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.