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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 1891-11-12 3 Passed this port. It appears that she cannot be much the worse for her contact with the rocks on Green Island reef.
Ahnapee (Algoma) Record Steam barge Mary Mills 1891-10-22 3 Some uneasiness felt for its safety. Information received that it had run into Milwaukee harbor and left all right.
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 1892-11-17 3 The steambarge Mary Mills was in port last Sunday awaiting favorable weather for sailing north. The Mills was light from the south.
Ahnapee (Algoma) Record Steambarge Mary Mills 1892-12-15 3 Has gone into winter quarters at this port. She will be overhauled, raised and otherwise improved.
Ahnapee (Algoma) Record Barge Mary Mills 1893-03-09 3 Capt. Tufts has had the upper works of his barge removed and has had the hull taken down nearly to the water line.
Ahnapee (Algoma) Record Steambarge Mary Mills 1892-11-10 3 The steambarge Mary Mills arrived here light from the south last Tuesday. The Mills was bound north after lumber freight.
Ahnapee (Algoma) Record Steam barge Mary Mills 1892-08-25 3 The steam barge Mary Mills spent last Sunday in this port. The Mills was bound north, light.
Ahnapee (Algoma) Record Steambarge Mary Mills 1892-01-07 3 Owned by Capt. Jas. Tufts, of Clay Banks, has placed the Mary Mills in winter quarters at Manitowoc.

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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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