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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Door County Advocate | Tug | Brower | 1916-05-25 | 1 | In to get steel cable | |
| Door County Advocate | Steam-barge | Brown | 1881-03-17 | 3 | To carry iron ore and pig iron | |
| Door County Advocate | Schooner | Brown | 1872-06-20 | 3 | To Lumber Market at Chicago | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Schooner | Brown | 1898-09-09 | 3 | Capt. Nelson of the schooner Brown left this morning for Frankfort for a load of peaches. He will be back here, if the weather is favorable, the first of next week. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Schooner | Brown | 1899-09-29 | 3 | The little schooner Brown has been stripped and laid up at this port for the season, She lies at Gericke's dock. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Schooner | Brown | 1900-07-13 | 1 | The schooner Pearl, Elva, Brown and Belle of Sturgeon Bay arrived with lumber cargoes for local dealers. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Brown | 1900-11-16 | 1 | Capt. Nels. Nelson of this city has sold his little vessel, the Brown, to Harry Johnson of Sturgeon Bay, consideration $150. | ||
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Schooner | Brown | 1896-07-30 | 3 | The little schooner Brown came in yesterday with a cargo of fruit brought over from Michigan. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Schooner | Brown | 1897-04-29 | 3 | The schooner Brown arrived in port last Sunday with a load of lumber for Henry Gericke. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Schooner | Brown | 1895-08-08 | 3 | The schooner Brown has cleared for a Michigan port. She will be put into the fruit trade. |
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.