Sister Bay Historical Society

Appreciating the heritage of Sister Bay

An Important Message to SBHS Members, Volunteers and Potential Volunteers

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Thank you for your outstanding support in 2019! Our various events all went smoothly, largely because of people like you. A special thanks to the members and volunteers who initiated two new 2019 event, Trivia Night and a special dinner and historical program at Little Sister Resort. They were both huge successes and we plan to continue them.

Of course, we are asking for your support in 2020, too. We’ve scheduled a “Season Kick–off Dinner” for June 17th, to be held at the Koessl barn. All are invited to attend to visit the Corner of the Past and learn more of what the Sister Bay Historical Society is planning for our 25th Anniversary season in 2020. Please mark your calendar and watch for more info on our website (https://sisterbayhistory.org) and Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/sisterbayhistory).

How can you participate this coming year? See our SBHS 2020 Events Calendar below — we need volunteers for each and every event! If you are a returning volunteer, please mark your calendars on the dates you’d like to participate. If you are new to the SBHS Volunteer Program, please fill out and return the enclosed Volunteer form. We’d love to have you join us! These forms can also be downloaded from our website.

Download Our Volunteer Form [PDF]

2020 SBHS EVENTS (PLEASE MARK YOUR CALENDARS!)
Rummage Sale – Sat., May 16 (and possibly Sun., May 17)
Corner of the Past Museum Opens – Fri. May 22, 2020
Farmers Market begins – Sat., May 23, 2020
Season Kick–off Dinner – Wed., June 17, 2020
Annual Meeting – Wed., June 24, 2020
First Heritage Program – Sat., June 27, 2020
Ice Cream Social – Thurs., July 2, 2020
Garden Walk – Thurs., July 9, 2020
Quilt Show – Fri. and Sat., August 14–15, 2020
Volunteer Appreciation Picnic – Thurs., Sept. 17, 2020
New Fall Event – to–be–announced, watch our Facebook page!
Last Farm Market – Sat., Oct. 3, 2020
Fall Festival – Fri.–Sun., Oct. 16–18, 2020
Corner of the Past Museum – Closed for season – Oct. 2020 (date to–be–determined)
Christmas Party – Fri., Dec. 4, 2020
SBHS Trivia Night – May 2021 (date to–be–determined)

*Please watch our Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/sisterbayhistory) for updates regarding all events, including potential cancellations due to the coronavirus crisis.

Thank you again for all you do, or that you will do, for the SBHS!

Sincerely,

JoAnne M Penny
Volunteer Program Committee

Download Our Volunteer Form [PDF]

Mail your Volunteer Form to:
Sister Bay Historical Society
P.O. Box 34
Sister Bay, WI 54234

The Sister Bay Historical Society is an affiliate of the Wisconsin Historical Society and a member of the Door County Historical Resource Association.

SPRING CLEANING

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Spring — no it isn’t here yet – certainly not as I am home, looking out at what is to be 3 to 5 inches of snow that I know I will have to shovel. But the winter goes so fast you have to think about and plan for spring. I remember thinking “When Christmas […]

Old Anderson House Museum

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Alex and Emma Anderson and their two children, Ivan and Scione, lived in the “farm house that came to Sister Bay over the ice from Marinette,” as it was known locally. The 1875 farmhouse was dragged up the hill after arriving in the Little Sister area of the Green Bay waters in 1895. It stands where it was originally placed, just south of Sister Bay where Hwy 57 intersects with Fieldcrest Road and Country Lane.

Commercial Fishing

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Our family and many of our neighbors have been fishing commercially in Green Bay and Lake Michigan from the time they arrived in Northern Door. My father, Harlow Nelson, fished with his uncle Stanley Voight and the Johnson brothers out of Sand Bay around Spider Island.

Herman’s Market

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Herman and Marcheta Steebs opened Herman’s Market the week before Christmas, 1956, after long weeks of scrubbing, painting, stocking shelves and praying for a good turnout at our grand opening A half page ad announcing the event had already been picked up by the genial John Kopitzke, owner of the Door Reminder, who by buying a nickel candy bar had inadvertently become our first customer.