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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 Steambarge Mary Mills 1894-03-15 3 The steambarge Mary Mills was towed to Manitowoc by the tug John Leathem to receive a new boiler.
Ahnapee (Algoma) Record Steambarge Mary Mills 1894-03-08 3 Is being repaired and fitted up. The Mills has been chartered by Independent Freight Line, for next season.
Ahnapee (Algoma) Record Steambarge Mary Mills 1894-02-22 3 Kewaunee. In winter quarters here. Will receive a new spar and planking at the bows.
Ahnapee (Algoma) Record Steambarge Mary Mills 1895-09-12 3 The steambarge Mary Mills was in port a short time last Sunday. She was bound up the lake, and stopped in here to wood up.
Ahnapee (Algoma) Record Barge Mary Mills 1891-09-03 3 Capt. Jas. Tufts, of Clay Banks, reports his barge to be kept busy with freights so far this season.
Ahnapee (Algoma) Record Steambarge Mary Mills 1891-11-12 3 Passed this port. It appears that she cannot be much the worse for her contact with the rocks on Green Island reef.
Ahnapee (Algoma) Record Steambarge Mary Mills 1891-11-26 3 Captain James Tufts intends to bring his steambarge, Mary Mills, here to winter.
Ahnapee (Algoma) Record Steambarge Mary Mills 1892-01-07 3 Owned by Capt. Jas. Tufts, of Clay Banks, has placed the Mary Mills in winter quarters at Manitowoc.
Ahnapee (Algoma) Record Steambarge Mary Mills 1892-03-31 3 Capt. Frank Tuft with engineer Jas. Oakley went to Manitowoc last week to fit out the steambarge which wintered at that port.
Ahnapee (Algoma) Record Steambarge Mary Mills 1893-04-27 3 The steambarge Mary Mills, which is being rebuilt here, was last week taken down through the bridge, and now lies in the harbor just below second street.

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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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