Search Strategies & Selected Articles

The links below provide access to a sampling of articles from historic newspapers that can be found in Chronicling America. You can further explore the topic of the "sinking of the USS Maine" using the following search strategies:

Use the following terms in combination, proximity, or as a phrase:
blockade, Cuba, Havana, joint resolution, Maine, Spain, war
The battleship USS Maine was often referred to as “the Maine” so omit “USS” and “battleship.”

Selected Articles from Chronicling America

"Battle-ship Maine goes to Havana"
The San Francisco Call (San Francisco, CA), January 25, 1898, Page 10, Image 10, col. 1.
"Maine Blown up at Havana"
The New-York Tribune (New York, NY), February 16, 1898, Page 1, Image 1, col. 4.
"Warship Maine Destroyed"
The Salt Lake Herald (Salt Lake City, UT), February 16, 1898, Page 1, Image 1, col. 1.
"Cruiser Maine Blown up"
The Houston Daily Post (Houston, TX), February 16, 1898, Mailable Edition, Page 1, Image 1, col. 3.
"War May Be Declared Within the Next Ten Days"
The San Francisco Call (San Francisco, CA), March 26, 1898, Page 1, Image 1, col. 1.
"Action at Last"
The Times (Washington, DC), April 19, 1898, Page 1, Image 1, col. 5.
"War Has Been Declared Against Spain"
The Paducah Daily Sun (Paducah, KY), April 21, 1898, Page 1, Image 1, col. 1.
"Cuba is Now Free"
The Saint Paul Globe (Saint Paul, MN), April 21, 1898, Page 1, Image 1, col. 1.
"A State of War Exists"
The Times (Washington, DC), April 25, 1898, Page 1, Image 1, col. 1.
"War Declared"
The San Francisco Call (San Francisco, CA), April 26, 1898, Page 1, Image 1, col. 1 .
"America's Declaration of War"
The Salt Lake Herald (Salt Lake City, UT), April 26, 1898, Page 1, Image 1, col. 3.

Sinking of the Maine: Topics in Chronicling America

Search Strategies & Selected Articles

Selected Articles from Chronicling America