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 Morning Star 1876-04-27 8 Cleared on Sunday with wood for G. W. Youngs & Co.
Door County Advocate Schooner Morning Star 1897-05-01 1 Went up the lake with blow
Door County Advocate Schooner Morning Star 1898-11-12 1 Into Milwaukee minus topmast
Door County Advocate Schooner Morning Star 1900-04-07 1 Sold
Door County Advocate Schooner Morning Star 1874-12-03 3 Went ashore near Escanaba last week
Manitowoc Pilot Morning Star 1868-07-03 1 Due to disaster of Morning Star and Cortland, vessels flying colors at half mast
Manitowoc Pilot Morning Star 1869-04-23 1 Part of article of history of Goodrich line
Manitowoc Pilot Barge Morning Star 1880-11-18 3 Lost in the storm - carried six men
Manitowoc Pilot Schooner Morning Star 1886-12-02 3 Brought here to be placed in the dry dock and repaired during the winter
Manitowoc Pilot Schooner Morning Star 1887-04-21 3 Schooner which was rebuilt here last winter was launched on Saturday

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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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