Category: History
Door County is rich in history, from its most prominent founding citizens to the business leaders who embraced tourism to make it the destination it is today. It’s a history of orchards, farming, and fishermen, but also of potters, artists, and writers. But more than anything, it’s a history told in the lives of the remarkable people who’ve called it home for a spell or a lifetime. Door County Pulse tells them all.
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‘Shoreline Settlement’ Program
The Egg Harbor Historical Society (EHHS) will present a “Shoreline Settlement” program exploring the 36 shoreline settlements that existed in Door County before the 1900s on July 15, 3 pm, at the Kress Pavilion. This program is a prelude to a special look at Door County that will take place July 29. There will be […]
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The Door County Historical Society will host its monthly dinner program, “Bizarre History of Wisconsin: Strange Stories from Our Past,” presented by Chad Lewis, on July 22, 6 pm, at the Kress Pavilion in Egg Harbor. Filled with tales of odd deaths, ghosts and spirits, sea serpents, peculiar people, medical anomalies, psychic phenomena and UFOs, […]
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Kress Presents Video Interview with Marion Utter Volkmann
The Egg Harbor Historical Society will present a video interview with Marion Utter Volkmann on July 8, 3 pm, at the Kress Pavilion in Egg Harbor. She spent her life in Egg Harbor and grew up on a farm that her father managed for Dr. Schroeder of Marinette, who purchased it from Joseph Sterling, who […]
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News from This Week’s Past: Fourth of July Celebration, Buggy Wreck, Fatal Death
All items are from the Door County Library’s newspaper archives, and they appear in the same form as they were first published, including misspellings and grammatical errors. The Expositor June 25, 1875 TORNADO MILL BURNED. – The Tornado mill, belonging to Scofield, Leathem & Co., was entirely destroyed by fire last Wednesday. Fire was first […]
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Door County Historical Society Hosts Restoration Roundtable
The Door County Historical Society will host its yesteryear program Restoration Roundtable on June 29, 1 pm, in the Vignes School at the Heritage Village, 2041 Michigan St., at Crossroads at Big Creek, Sturgeon Bay. Dennis Statz and Henry Isaksen will lead an open discussion and Q&A session about the essential aspects of restoring old […]
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Egg Harbor Historical Society Hosts Third Summer Program
The Egg Harbor Historical Society’s third summer program – to be held July 1, 3 pm, at the Kress Pavilion – will focus on the development of the Egg Harbor Township. Although the Town of Egg Harbor was established in 1861, the Village of Egg Harbor didn’t come about until 1964. The program will discuss the development […]
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VIDEO: Granary Moves Back to Sturgeon Bay’s West Side
“It’s moving faster than I expected,” a woman said as she angled for a look at the Teweles and Brandeis grain elevator through the windows of Glas Coffeehouse on Monday, June 24. The granary was cruising – as much as a 70-foot-tall structure on wheels can cruise – through the second half of its journey across […]
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The Egg Harbor Historical Society will present its second program of its summer series at 3 pm on Monday, June 24, at the Kress Pavilion. The program will feature 17 of Door County’s earliest “inland settlements.” After seeing where and why 36 shoreline settlements came to be in last Monday’s program, we’ll see where and […]
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Belgian Heritage Center Waffle Breakfast
The Belgian Heritage Center will host a Belgian waffle breakfast June 23, 9 am – 1 pm, to serve up homemade waffles, eggs, potatoes, beverages and Marchant’s Belgian trippe. Guests may also view the exhibits, which tell the story of the Belgian settlement area. All proceeds will benefit the Belgian Heritage Center’s mission to […]