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 Schooner Nabob 1896-11-12 3 Is now the Waukesha. Went to pieces off Muskegon.
Ahnapee (Algoma) Record Schooner Nabob 1877-09-06 8 Has taken out cargo from Kewaunee.
Manitowoc Pilot Schooner Nabob 1885-12-10 3 G. S. Rand owned the schooner Nabob in company with his brother and Platt & Vilas
Manitowoc Pilot Schooner Nabob 1 Part of maritime history in Manitowoc by Timothy Kelly Sr.
Door County Advocate Barge Nadine 1948-09-14 1 Raised and sunk in deep waters of Whitefishs bay in L. Superior
Door County Advocate Steambarge Nahant 1892-10-08 5 Into canal partly disabled
Door County Advocate Steamer Nahant 1897-12-04 1 Burned
Door County Advocate Steambarge Nahant 1887-04-23 3 To load grain at Green Bay
Door County Advocate Nahant 1897-12-11 1 Search for remains of two crew members - only a jawbone found
Door County Advocate Steamer Nahant 1897-12-25 1 Nov. 30 - burned at Escanaba

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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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