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 | Barge | Burroughs | 1887-12-22 | 3 | The barge Burroughs took a cargo of wheat from Conway & Son's ware house on Monday. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Barge | Burroughs | 1888-04-05 | 3 | The barge Burroughs was in port yesterday with a cargo of land plaster and seeders for Haney Bros. of this city. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Barge | Burroughs | 1888-05-17 | 3 | The barge Burroughs took on a small load of bark for Milwaukee, on Wednesday. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Barge | Burroughs | 1888-06-14 | 3 | The barge Burroughs loaded at this ort on Sunday with 515 bales of hay and 600 bushels of oats for L. J. Conway & Son, to Escanaba. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Barge | Burroughs | 1889-10-31 | 3 | The barge Burroughs took a hundred tons of hay from Conway & Sons' press on Saturday, consigned to Ford River, Mich. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Barge | Burroughs | 1889-09-26 | 3 | Arrived from Milwaukee with a cargo of corn for L. J. Conway and Son and cleared with a cargo of baled hay for northern ports. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Steam barge | Burroughs | 1888-09-27 | 3 | The steam barge Burroughs was in port on Tuesday, and loaded at Conway & Son's hay press with 500 bales of hay, for Garden Bay, Mich | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Barge | Burroughs | 1886-11-25 | 3 | The barge Burroughs arrived in port on Monday morning. She was heavily laden for the north. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Barge | Burroughs | 1886-07-22 | 3 | The excursion from Kewaunee to Sturgeon Bay on the barge failed to take place. No one knows why. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Barge | Burroughs | 1886-05-13 | 3 | Kewaunee. The barge Burroughs is in port loading hay for L. J. Conway & Son and oats for W. Seyk & Co. |
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.