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 | 1901-12-27 | 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 | 1904-04-08 | 1 | Tug Brooks got out into the lake and found her nets with spoiled dead fish and damaged by their weight and the dirt accumulated in them. | |
| 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 | 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 | 1905-09-29 | 1 | The schooners Oscar Newhouse and La Ribida came in from the lake and lay here windbound. Tuesday morning the tug Brooks towed them into the lake. | |
| 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 | 1905-09-22 | 5 | The work of raising the tug Brooks was completed Sunday afternoon and the craft is again ready for business. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Tug | Brooks | 1905-03-24 | 5 | Capt. Albert Anderson who has been in command of the tug Brooks during the winter will sail the tug Duncan City of Sturgeon the coming summer. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Tug | Brooks | 1901-05-10 | 1 | The tug Brooks left Monday night for Detroit Harbor where Capt. Chapek will try fishing and if it proves good will remain there during the summer. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Tug | Brooks | 1901-04-05 | 1 | The fishing tug Brooks had considerable ice to battle with this week. Capt. Chapek and his crew commenced fishing with set hooks this week. |
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.