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
Manitowoc Pilot Harbor Manitowoc 5 Comparing January tonnage arrival and clearance with last year.
Manitowoc Pilot Harbor Manitowoc 1 Tonnage record for July below record for same month last year.
Manitowoc Pilot Harbor Manitowoc 1 Comparing tonnage of vessels the last two years in the Eastern revenue district.
Manitowoc Pilot Harbor Manitowoc 5 159 vessels carrying 130,000 tons entered and cleared during March
Ahnapee (Algoma) Record Harbor Manitowoc 1876-09-21 8 Appropriations cut down as follows. Ahnapee $3,200.
Ahnapee (Algoma) Record Harbor Manitowoc 1875-02-25 8 Provisions for harbors. $10,000.
Ahnapee (Algoma) Record Steamer Manitowoc 1873-09-18 3 The steamer Manitowoc came in six hours laid on her regular trip last Saturday.
Ahnapee (Algoma) Record Steamer Manitowoc 1873-09-04 3 Departed Ahnapee Aug. 30 for Chicago.
Ahnapee (Algoma) Record Harbor Manitowoc 1874-05-07 2 Amounts agreed upon by the House Committee on Commerce. $10,000.
Ahnapee (Algoma) Record Shipyard Manitowoc 1874-03-12 2 Vance & Hibbard, of Milwaukee, are having a large schooner built for the Buffalo grain trade.

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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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