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
Door County Advocate Sea Star 1886-12-30 3 On record of the life-savers
Door County Advocate Schooner Sea Star 1885-11-05 3 Run into while lying in Chicago
Ahnapee (Algoma) Record Scow Sea Star 1881-03-17 3 C. L. Fellows will fit out the scow this month.
Ahnapee (Algoma) Record Scow Sea Star 1880-12-30 3 Has been lying at the pier and will leave for the canal as soon as the weather permits. It will return to Foscoro to load for F. Swaty & Son.
Ahnapee (Algoma) Record Scow Sea Star 1881-04-14 3 The scow Sea Star sailed for Milwaukee on Tuesday, with sundries and 2,000 ties on captain's account.
Ahnapee (Algoma) Record Scow Sea Star 1880-10-07 5 The scow Sea Star yesterday took out 63 cords of wood, 1,200 posts and 10 cords of bark for F. Swaty & Son at Foscoro
Ahnapee (Algoma) Record Scow Sea Star 1880-09-30 3 F. Swaty & Son loaded Sea Star with 2,500 posts, 25,000 feet lumber and 280,000 cedar shingles.
Ahnapee (Algoma) Record Sea Star 1880-10-21 3 Shipments last week. Sea Star with 2,000 posts for F. Swaty & Son.
Ahnapee (Algoma) Record Scow Sea Star 1880-07-22 3 To be rebuilt and expected to be ready in six weeks.
Ahnapee (Algoma) Record Scow Sea Star 1880-08-05 3 The scow Sea Star is beginning to loom up a little better.

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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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