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 | 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 | 1901-12-20 | 1 | Weather has been so cold they have been unable to get out into the lake regularly on account of ice and also steam which arises from the lake | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Tug | Brooks | 1902-02-28 | 1 | The owners of the tug Brooks are now engaged in fishing with hooks. They meeting with better success in this way than with gill nets. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Tug | Brooks | 1905-07-14 | 1 | The tug Brooks returned last Friday from Washington Island, having gone there to enable the crew to spend the Fourth at their homes on the Island. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Tug | Brooks | 1904-02-05 | 1 | The Brooks was caught in ice and disables her rudder. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Tug | Brooks | 1904-01-22 | 1 | While the tug was backing away from her dock, she got onto the rock pile and broke off one of her propeller blades. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Tug | Brooks | 1904-06-17 | 1 | Tug has been laid up at this port indefinitely. Capt. F. Chapek is thinking seriously of buying a gasoline boat which can do the same amount of work and with a smaller crew. | |
| 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 | 1903-10-09 | 5 | Thos. Swaty, engineer arrived home the latter part of last week and has since been under the weather at his parents in this city. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Tug | Brooks | 1903-07-10 | 4 | The tug Brooks arrived here Friday evening from Eagle Island, and the crew spent the Fourth in the city with their families, returning to the Island Sunday afternoon. |
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.