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 Tug Welcome 1899-06-02 3 Capt. Cornell brought the tug Welcome up from Kewaunee last Sunday and has laid her up here. He will probably fish from this port with her next fall.
Ahnapee (Algoma) Record Tug Welcome 1895-12-12 3 Was in here with 7,000 pounds of fish to be shipped from here by rail to Green Bay.
Ahnapee (Algoma) Record Tug Welcome 1897-09-16 3 Thos. Swaty, who will act in the capacity of engineer on the Liberty has been engineer for some time on the fishing tug Welcome.
Ahnapee (Algoma) Record Fishing tug Welcome 1897-06-17 3 The fishing tug Welcome has been doing a good business here the past few weeks. The fish are packed and shipped south.
Ahnapee (Algoma) Record Tug Welcome 1898-09-23 3 Has received extensive repairs and given a coat of black paint.
Ahnapee (Algoma) Record Tug Welcome 1898-11-04 3 The tug Welcome towed the schooner Industry out into the lake Monday afternoon The Industry was bound for Menominee.
Ahnapee (Algoma) Record Tug Welcome 1897-12-10 3 Would fish out of Algoma if the harbor was better.
Manitowoc Pilot Tug Welcome 1879-10-02 3 Driven into harbor to seek shelter
Manitowoc Pilot Tug Welcome 1883-06-07 3 Took schooner Lillie E. off beach
Manitowoc Pilot Tug Welcome 1883-07-19 3 Towed new dredge to Sturgeon Bay

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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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