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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HISTORY: Sea Serpent Appears in Green Bay Waters
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 Independent August 8, 1878 We are in receipt of a pamphlet just issued by the State Board of Immigration, setting forth the advantages offered by Wisconsin. […]
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On July 28, the Door County Historical Museum (DCHM) will present a program by Tom Mulinix commemorating the Salvation Army Doughnut Girls during World War I. Mulinix is a Door County resident and a long-time employee of the Salvation Army. The first women to serve on the front lines for the U.S. Army were from […]
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News From This Week’s Past: FDR, Chambers Island, Dog Tax
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 July 24, 1874 Four years ago there were but seven families in the whole of the East half of Forestville; now there are upwards of […]
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Egg Harbor Historical Society Program Aug. 1
The Egg Harbor Historical Society (EHHS) will host a free program for the public on Aug. 1. “Early Times in the Egg Harbor Township, Including: Horseshoe Bay, (K)Carlsville, Carmody Prairie, and Egg Harbor’s Village” is presented in Egg Harbor’s Kress Pavilion at 3:30 pm by EHHS member Giz Herbst.
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News From This Week’s Past: Hollywood & Dog Poisoning
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 July 17, 1874 Dog poisening seems to be the order of the day just now again. Why a few of the most harmless dogs should […]
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The Door County Historical Society’s (DCHS) theme for this year – barns – continues with a day-long tour of seven unique Door County barns. This year’s Door County Barn History Day is July 21. Guests will tour, stop and explore seven different barns and stop along the route to learn about another dozen. The tour […]
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‘This Old House’ Presented by Baileys Harbor Historical Society
The Baileys Harbor Historical Society will present “This Old House” at the Baileys Harbor Town Hall on July 25, 7 pm. Carol Thelen Schmidt and Ginny Candioto Siegel, two great-granddaughters of Conrad Faust, will share anecdotes and artifacts of the Faust/Candioto family and the 140-year-old Baileys Harbor farmhouse that continues to be the heart of […]
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July Events With Liberty Grove Historical Society
The Liberty Grove Historical Society (LGHS) hosts two events during July. On July 14 the Vintage Day sale will be held at the barn from 10 am to 3 pm. The Museum and grounds are also open and kite flying is encouraged on Grand View Park. On July 16, LGHS will host a Liberty Grove […]
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Monthly ‘Bookmobile Service’ Dinner
The Door County Historical Society will host its monthly dinner program, “Door County’s Bookmobile Service,” presented by society member Giz Herbst on July 23, 6 pm at the Lodge at Leathem Smith in Sturgeon Bay. The program discusses the history and evolution of the bookmobile service in Door County in the 20th century. Herbst became […]
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‘School Days’ Tuesday Yesteryear Program
The Door County Historical Society invites the public to the yesteryear programs “School Days,” presented on Tuesdays during July at 1:30 pm in Vignes School at the Heritage Village at Big Creek. Early schools in Door County were built of logs, but by 1900 most rural schools were constructed of sawed lumber and painted white. […]
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The Door County Historical Society will host its Saturday afternoon yesteryear program “Native American Artifact Identification,” presented by Dr. Victoria Dirst on July 14, 1 pm in the Collins Learning Center at Crossroads at Big Creek in Sturgeon Bay. Wisconsin is abundantly filled with Native American history. The entire state was once inhabited by various […]
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Introducing Northern Door Scrapbook: The Lost Tapes
by Bonnie Jo Moore It was January of 1986. My husband Bill and I brushed the snow off our Plymouth Volare and drove up to Door County, escaping Milwaukee for the day to enjoy some open country and fresh winter air. Destination: Al Johnson’s Swedish Restaurant in Sister Bay. It was mid-morning when we arrived […]
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Family histories are often found in the pages of old photo albums, passed down at family functions or in the cotton swab of a genealogical DNA test. Chicagoan Deb Lindahl, on the other hand, decided to capture her family history in a quilt, and she’s showing it at Ephraim Moravian Church with her program called […]
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News From This Weeks Past: Oiled Roads and Burglars
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 Independent July 13, 1877 During the storm of last Saturday evening, a ball of fire came down the spout leading from the eve trough to […]
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‘Harvey Haen’ History Hour in Egg Harbor
On July 18, the Egg Harbor Historical Society continues their History Hour programs with a presentation on Egg Harbor’s Harvey Haen, owner with his wife Helen of “Harbor Service” from 1942-1979. A gas station and fix-it shop before self service came along, a local distributor of not only gas but up-to-date news. Harvey, “Mr. Fix-It,” […]
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The Ephraim Moravian Church will host a quilt show and program July 16 at 9 am. Master quilter, artist and storyteller Deb Lindahl is an insightful, dynamic, and humorous speaker who will share her inspiration for her 100-dresses quilt and some of the stories behind the quilt blocks. “My grandmother, Mabel Olivia Wann Nelson, was born […]
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News From This Week’s Past: President McKinley’s Tariffs
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 July 7, 1874 Jail Delivery The occupants of the County jail not relishing the idea of waiting until next February for their trial made an […]
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The Door County Historical Society (DCHS) is hosting a temporary exhibit, Chenille Bedspreads: From Rummage to Treasure. The exhibit is held in the Village Chapel at the Heritage Village at Big Creek through July 14. What started as a donation of several old linens to the DCHS for its annual rummage sale evolved into a […]
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News From This Week’s Past: Bewitched Cows, Camp Peninsula
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 Independent June 30, 1876 If you don’t believe that Sturgeon Bay will have an orator on the fourth who can soar high enough to pluck […]
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‘Traveling Down the Tracks’ Yesteryear Program
The Door County Historical Society hosts its yesteryear program “Traveling down the Tracks,” a double feature presentation on June 30, 1 pm in the Collins Learning Center at Crossroads at Big Creek in Sturgeon Bay. The double feature combines the culture of local train history and original folk theater. Northern Sky Theater favorites Jeff Herbst […]