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 | 1899-12-29 | 1 | Arrived from Two Rivers to tow the logs recently picked up off this port by the tug Brooks. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Tug | Brooks | 1900-02-02 | 1 | Has a gang of 3000 hooks set in the lake off this port. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Tug | Brooks | 1899-10-13 | 3 | The tug Brooks picked up about 50 logs out in the lake off this port Saturday. They are from the big raft lost last week by the Temple Emery. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Tug | Brooks | 1899-10-27 | 3 | On Sunday the fishing tug Brooks was lifted up by the dredge and a new wheel put on her, the old one having been broken. | |
| Manitowoc Pilot | Brooks | 1883-11-22 | 3 | Wreck brought in on Wednesday in tow of the Nutt | ||
| Manitowoc Pilot | Brooks | 1883-12-06 | 3 | The dry dock at this place is doing a rushing business this fall. Has been receiving repairs | ||
| Manitowoc Pilot | Tug | Brooks | 1884-08-21 | 3 | Captain George Bartley was in the city on friday, having brought in the tug | |
| Manitowoc Pilot | Tug | Brooks | 1887-05-12 | 3 | Clerk Pates of the steamer Corona has sold tug to Two Rivers parties for $1,200 | |
| Manitowoc Pilot | Tug | Brooks | 1897-01-28 | 4 | Little tug has been doing the towing for the Waterworks Co. since the Arctic lay up. | |
| Door County Advocate | Tug | Brooks | 1885-01-08 | 3 | Purchased by capt. Fred Pates |
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.