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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 Steambarge Mary Mills 1893-06-01 3 Will be ready to sail within a few days. Her boiler and machinery in shape and painting on her upper works are nearing completion.
Ahnapee (Algoma) Record Steam barge Mary Mills 1891-04-30 3 Large amounts of hay to be shipped at Clay Banks by Chris. Braunsdorf and Capt. James Tufts on Mary Mills.
Ahnapee (Algoma) Record Steambarge Mary Mills 1891-03-26 3 Capt. James Tufts is having his steambarge, Mary Mills, fitted out ready to go into commission.
Ahnapee (Algoma) Record Steambarge Mary Mills 1891-01-01 3 The steambarge Mary Mills has gone into winter quarters in this harbor.
Ahnapee (Algoma) Record Steambarge Mary Mills 1891-11-26 3 Captain James Tufts intends to bring his steambarge, Mary Mills, here to winter.
Ahnapee (Algoma) Record Steam barge Mary Mills 1891-11-12 3 The steam barge has been released from the rocks on Green Island reef. She is owned by Capt. Jas. Tuffts.
Ahnapee (Algoma) Record Steambarge Mary Mills 1893-04-27 3 The steambarge Mary Mills, which is being rebuilt here, was last week taken down through the bridge, and now lies in the harbor just below second street.
Ahnapee (Algoma) Record Steambarge Mary Mills 1893-03-30 3 Work on the hull is progressing rapidly. The planking having been completed some days since.
Ahnapee (Algoma) Record Steambarge Mary Mills 1892-12-15 3 The schooner Wm. Finch was towed to Clay Banks by the steambarge Mary Mills where she loaded slabs fort Capt. Jas. Tufts.
Ahnapee (Algoma) Record Steambarge Mary Mills 1892-12-29 3 The Mills will be raised considerably, and her carrying capacity thereby increased.

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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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