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 | Steamer | Sheboygan | 1897-03-20 | 1 | Captain given | |
| Door County Advocate | Steamer | Sheboygan | 1897-06-12 | 1 | Grounded near clump - rebuild cost $30,000 | |
| Door County Advocate | Sheboygan | 1891-05-02 | 5 | Left Milwaukee for this + other G. B. ports | ||
| Door County Advocate | Sheboygan | 1889-07-27 | 5 | Capt. Wm. Nequette transferred to it | ||
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Steamer | Sheboygan | 1901-05-10 | 1 | The Goodrich steamers Atlanta, Sheboygan and Chicago will touch at this port during the coming summer. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Sheboygan | 1901-05-31 | 11 | During the storm the Sheboygan ran into the pier at Kewaunee and had to be repaired. | ||
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Steamer | Sheboygan | 1902-09-26 | 1 | Steamer Sheboygan strands on rocky reef off the old pier at Stony Creek. Tugs Arctic and John Leathem couldn't release but the wrecker Favorite did. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Steamer | Sheboygan | 1904-08-26 | 5 | Was in port and took on a large consignment of freight that had piled up in the warehouse here. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Steamer | Sheboygan | 1910-09-16 | 8 | The yacht Gesina was butted into by the steamer Sheboygan and the forward cabin of the fine little craft badly damaged. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Steamer | Sheboygan | 1910-07-15 | 1 | Information on it running excursions. |
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.