Newspaper Search

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 Steamer Corona 1876-04-20 8 Goodrich Line. St. Joseph route. Captain N. W. Napier
Ahnapee (Algoma) Record Steamer Corona 1875-04-08 8 Route and officer's given.
Ahnapee (Algoma) Record Steamer Corona 1881-04-28 3 From Kewaunee. The steamer Corona made her first trip last Sunday night.
Ahnapee (Algoma) Record Steamer Corona 1881-06-23 3 The steamer discharged an unusually large quantity of freight, including 50 reapers for Hancy Bros. It took about 5 hrs. to unload her.
Ahnapee (Algoma) Record Steamer Corona 1889-08-01 3 The steamer was in port going north on her first trip after the accident to her main shaft, which occurred a couple of weeks ago.
Ahnapee (Algoma) Record Steamer Corona 1887-11-10 3 Discharged a quantity of bolts and a government yawl belonging to the engineer department to have stored in government storehouse.
Ahnapee (Algoma) Record Steamer Corona 1887-10-06 3 Ran ashore in the south bay at Escanaba during the heavy fog Friday. The tug Owen released her uninjured.
Ahnapee (Algoma) Record Steamer Corona 1887-11-03 3 After this trip she will be put into dry dock at Manitowoc and have a thorough overhaul this winter. The Depere will take her place.
Ahnapee (Algoma) Record Steamer Corona 1888-05-17 3 Arrives every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday nights from the south, and Monday, Thursday and Saturday morning from the north.
Ahnapee (Algoma) Record steamer Corona 1881-09-22 3 The steamer was expected to make 3 trips a week here during the exposition season at Milwaukee, but hasn't been here yet.

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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.

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