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 W. H. Chapman 1876-05-04 8 Cleared from this port during the week with wood &c., for Milwaukee.
Ahnapee (Algoma) Record Schooner W. H. Chapman 1876-10-12 8 Cleared Ahnapee Oct. 10, wood
Ahnapee (Algoma) Record Schooner W. H. Chapman 1876-09-21 8 Cleared Ahnapee Sept. 17, wood.
Ahnapee (Algoma) Record Schooner W. H. Chapman 1876-09-07 8 Cleared Ahnapee Sept. 4, loaded.
Ahnapee (Algoma) Record Schooner W. H. Chapman 1880-06-03 3 The schooner W. H. Chapman departed on Saturday with 3,000 ties for Sam Perry.
Ahnapee (Algoma) Record Schooner W. H. Chapman 1873-09-04 3 Departed Ahnapee Aug. 30 for Milwaukee with 68 1/2 cords of wood.
Manitowoc Pilot Schooner W. H. Chapman 1872-11-07 3 Arrived Oct. 31, Milwaukee, 6 wheel-barrows Cleared Oct. 31, Manistee, 21 tons hay
Ahnapee (Algoma) Record Schooner W. H. Chapman 1879-08-07 4 E. Decker & Co. loaded the schooner W. H. Chapman, last Tuesday, with 75 cords of hemlock bark for Milwaukee.
Ahnapee (Algoma) Record Schooner W. H. Chapman 1879-09-11 4 The schooner W. H. Chapman, on her way to Clay Banks, is in port to-day, awaiting calm weather.
Ahnapee (Algoma) Record Schooner W. H. Chapman 1879-06-05 8 Arrived May 30, Milwaukee. Departed June 1, Clay Banks.

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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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