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 | 1899-11-24 | 3 | The tug Brooks towed the schooners Wright and Cora out into the lake on Tuesday. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Tug | Brooks | 1899-12-29 | 1 | Arrived from Two Rivers to tow the logs recently picked up off this port by the tug Brooks. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Tug | Brooks | 1900-06-08 | 1 | The tug Brooks arrived in port again Wednesday morning with a raft of logs from Jacksonport. The raft was for the Veneer factory. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Tug | Brooks | 1900-07-20 | 1 | The tug Brooks left Wednesday for Jacksonport for another raft of logs for the Veneer factory. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Tug | Brooks | 1900-07-06 | 1 | The tug Brooks has been laid up the present week, but will go into commission the first of next week, having several more rafts to tow for the Veneer factory. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Tug | Brooks | 1900-08-17 | 1 | The tug Brooks left Tuesday for Baileys Harbor for a raft of logs for the Veneer factory. There are three more rafts to bring from along the lake shore. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Brooks | 1898-09-30 | 3 | Fishermen complain of poor fishing at present, but expect it to be better later in the fall. The Brooks average 800 to 1000 pounds per lift. | ||
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Tug | Brooks | 1898-10-14 | 3 | Trying to find their nets which were lost during the recent severe weather. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Tug | Brooks | 1898-12-16 | 3 | Crew member, Fred Meyer, fell overboard from the tug last Wednesday morning, while the tug was about twenty miles south of Manitowoc. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Tug | Brooks | 1899-03-31 | 3 | Succeeded in breaking her way out into the lake and made a couple of lifts. |
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.