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
Door County Advocate Schooner Elida 1883-06-21 3 Hauling wood
Door County Advocate Schooner Elida 1885-06-18 3 Went through booming
Door County Advocate Schooner Elida 1884-07-24 3 Took refuge in harbor
Door County Advocate Elida 1889-07-27 8 Running to points on east shore
Ahnapee (Algoma) Record Schooner Elida 1880-12-02 3 The schooner Elida was frozen in at Egg Harbor last week, and the tug Hagerman left Milw. For that place Sunday to release the vessel.
Door County Advocate Schooner Elida 1903-07-11 1 Loaded 166 cords of wood
Door County Advocate Schooner Elida 1904-12-10 1 Built by Captain Jokum Christensen
Door County Advocate Sailing vessel Elida 1904-12-31 1 Laid up at Milwaukee
Door County Advocate Schooner Elida 1872-05-30 3 Lumber from Oconto to Chicago
Door County Advocate Schooner Elida 1879-11-27 3 Ashore @ Egg Harbor

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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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