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 | Schooner | Industry | 1892-04-16 | 5 | Caught by ice blockade | |
| Door County Advocate | Schooner | Industry | 1875-08-19 | 3 | Being sued for damaging pier | |
| Door County Advocate | Industry | 1874-07-09 | 3 | @ Bailey s Harbor | ||
| Door County Advocate | Schooner | Industry | 1867-09-26 | 4 | In port | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Tug | Industry | 1916-10-20 | 1 | The schooner Stafford sprung a leak and was sending out signals of distress about four miles northeast of Kewaunee. The 'Coast Guard went out to help and put back to Kewaunee and got the tug Industry to tow her in. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Tug | Industry | 1916-10-20 | 2 | Kewaunee. The dredge Kewaunee departed from here for Milwaukee where it will be engaged for the next three or four weeks. The dredge and scows left in tow of the tug Industry and the tug Manitowoc. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Tug | Industry | 1916-09-22 | 2 | Kewaunee. The schooner Jas. H. Hall arrived in Kewaunee in a sinking condition and in tow of the tug Sunrise. She was in such bad shape that the coast guard crew and the tug Industry were needed to save the schooner from sinking at her dock. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Tug | Industry | 1916-10-06 | 3 | Engineer Henry Devine of the government tug Industry went over to Sturgeon Bay Saturday to spend the weekend with his family. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Tug | Industry | 1917-10-19 | 8 | Kewaunee. The dredge Kewaunee, tug Industry and scows returned to Kewaunee from Two Rivers Saturday and are now engaged in dredging out the harbor basin. The work is expected to keep them busy the rest of the season. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Tug | Industry | 1913-04-04 | 5 | The government tug Industry passed here Wednesday with the pile driver in tow. The pile driver was being taken from the Canal to Kewaunee. |
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.