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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Programs with Ephraim Historical Foundation
Summer brings a variety of free Ephraim Historical Foundation (EHF) programs, including Sunday SingAlongs, History Speaks, Schoolroom Lessons and Child’s Play. A local and visitor favorite, Sunday SingAlongs bring families and friends together in the Ephraim Village Hall for an hour of music and song. SingAlongs are held at 7:30 pm every Sunday now through […]
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Perspective: Seeing the Light at Egg Harbor’s Kress Pavilion and Library
My first trip to the library was a short one, all the way downstairs from our family’s apartment. In 1982, the Egg Harbor Library was housed in a space rented in my parents’ shopping complex, the Stagecoach Shops. Squeezed between a boat repair shop and a general store selling fishing poles, knick-knacks, and minnows, […]
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Sturgeon Bay Historical Society Presents Memories from the Teweles Brandeis Granary
Members of the Teweles family will give a talk at the Door County Fire Company in Sturgeon Bay on June 27. This free event will feature memories and stories from Nici and Tracy Teweles about the historic Teweles Brandeis granary building, built by Hugo Teweles, their grandfather and great grandfather respectively. Most will know the […]
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Eagle Bluff Light Station Yesteryear Program
The Door County Historical Society will host its Saturday afternoon yesteryear program “150 Years at Eagle Bluff Light Station,” presented by Society Member Ed Miller on June 23, 1 pm in the Collins Learning Center at Crossroads at Big Creek. Dressed in costume as lighthouse keeper William Duclon, Miller will share the history of Eagle […]
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Midsummer’s Million Dollar Quartet
Midsummer’s Music continues its 28th season with a unique twist on the Million Dollar Quartet. In 1956 four of the greatest rock stars of the century – Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins and Johnny Cash – gathered for an evening of music making, which created the name the “Million Dollar Quartet.” Historical documents […]
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Egg Harbor History Hour June 27
Egg Harbor Historical Society hosts its third installment of History Hour June 27, 3:30 pm on the deck of the Kress Pavilion. The program will present historical facts and stories that are not usually covered in most history programs. All programs are free to the public. No program will be held on the Fourth of […]
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News From This Week’s Past: Grasshoppers, Banks and Bears
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 22, 1877 The bear that has been making so much trouble at the head of Sturgeon Bay, and in Sevastopol, will do so no […]
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Ephraim Historical Foundation Offers Free Museum Admission
Through the 2018 season, the Ephraim Historical Foundation (EHF) will offer free admission to its historic museums, including the Anderson Barn, Anderson Store, Iverson House, Goodletson Cabin and Pioneer Schoolhouse. “We want to share Ephraim’s stories with as many visitors as possible,” said EHF Executive Director Thea Thompson. “By offering free admission to our museums, […]
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The Door County Historical Society will host its Saturday afternoon yesteryear program “Penny Candy,” on June 16 at 1 pm in the Greene General Store at Heritage Village at Big Creek in Sturgeon Bay. As a costumed interpreter, Coggin Heeringa will share the history (and a few samples) of the penny candy which was available […]
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News From This Week’s Past: Teddy Roosevelt, Strawberries & Barbeque
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 18, 1875 Six dollars and seventy cents is the price for getting drunk and insulting ladies in this village. This does not include first […]
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‘Picturing the Past’ Book Inspires Ephraim Exhibit
A new publication from the Ephraim Historical Foundation (EHF) highlights a portion of the organization’s extensive Door County art collection. Spanning from the mid-1800s to today, the art collection includes more than 100 pieces, ranging from paintings to sculpture to jewelry. This publication is a collaborative work with art historian Virginia Jones Maher and author […]
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Join the Gibraltar Historical Association for their first 2018 Gibraltar Talks, all about Lautenbach’s Farm. Step back in time and hear about their journey from a simple farm stand to a wonderful place to taste and experience Door County’s harvest. The family works year round maintaining the property and business. Bob, Carrie and Erin will […]
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Historic Sites Open For Season
The Door County Historical Society’s two historic and interpretive sites are now open for the season, each celebrating special anniversaries: Eagle Bluff Light Station in Peninsula State Park and Heritage Village at Big Creek in Sturgeon Bay. This season marks Eagle Bluff Light Station’s 150th anniversary and the Door County Historical Society’s 55th season as […]
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Chemist Who Transformed American Brewing Made Pit-stop in Door County
The headline read “Would Hide Death In Rose.” “Robert Wahl was accused yesterday of having expressed a desire to kill his wife by the use of a poisonous perfume placed on a rose,” read the first line of the article in the Chicago Tribune dated Jan. 23, 1909. He had second thoughts, however, primarily about […]
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A Remodel With History at Heart: True North Real Estate Offices
By the time the Seventh-day Adventist Church finally closed its doors in Fish Creek in 2015, member Polly Kuehn knew it was time to move on. The church was built by the congregation’s 64 members in 1892 on a plot below the bluff donated by Fish Creek founder Asa Thorp. By 2015 the congregation claimed […]
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Historical Society Presents ‘Baileys Harbor Now and Then’
The Baileys Harbor Historical Society presents “Baileys Harbor Now and Then,” June 13, 7 pm at the Baileys Harbor Town Hall. This presentation, given by Suzanne Bauldry, features vintage and contemporary photographs with anecdotes and history showing the changes many familiar Baileys Harbor sites have undergone. The program is open to the public. Refreshments will […]
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Alexander Noble had a fascination with Victorian funerals. To honor his interest the Gibraltar Historical Association once again presents A House in Mourning as the 2018 season exhibit. The house exhibits the complete funeral display with a coffin and flowers in the parlor. The oldest wood framed home in Fish Creek, the Noble House contains […]
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New History Hour Series in Egg Harbor
The Egg Harbor Historical Society begins its new summer History Hour series June 13, 3:30 pm at the Kress Pavilion on Church Street in Egg Harbor. The program is free and open to all. Programs are held every Wednesday until Aug. 22, with no program July 4. The inaugural program, “The Town of Egg Harbor […]
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The Door County Historical Society (DCHS) hosts its monthly dinner program, “An Evening with General Grant,” presented by Wayne Issleb on June 25, 6 pm at Union Supper Pub in Sturgeon Bay. Issleb, portraying Grant, takes the audience on a journey from his young years to the very end, back to the cottage where he […]
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News From This Week’s Past: Bear Attack, Pickpockets
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 8, 1877 A bear is roaming about the head of the bay near the canal. He attacked Mr. Beverly’s cow last Monday and […]