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 1898-09-23 3 Has received extensive repairs and given a coat of black paint.
Ahnapee (Algoma) Record Tug Welcome 1898-09-09 3 Brought from Sturgeon Bay to here. Will be put in good shape for fishing.
Ahnapee (Algoma) Record Tug Welcome 1911-12-15 1 The Pere Marquette Carferry No. 20 went aground on Rocky Reef near Milwaukee. The cars were transferred to the No. 17. The tugs Meyer and Welcome at this point were unable to release her.
Ahnapee (Algoma) Record Tug Welcome 1882-11-09 3 The tug Welcome cleared for Manitowoc to-day with the U. S. Dredge in tow.
Ahnapee (Algoma) Record Tug Welcome 1896-12-24 3 The tug Welcome has been fishing out of this port the past couple of weeks. The tug has made several good lifts.
Ahnapee (Algoma) Record Tug Welcome 1897-09-09 3 Capt. Peterson, formerly in charge of the schooner Industry, is now engaged in fishing on the tug Welcome.
Ahnapee (Algoma) Record Tug Welcome 1897-05-13 3 The tug Welcome is being extensively repaired at this port.
Ahnapee (Algoma) Record Tug Welcome 1898-04-29 3 Parties from Washington Island have leased the tug Welcome, which has been fishing here.
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.
Door County Advocate Tug Welcome 1878-04-25 3 Pulled scow Brigham off beach

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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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