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North Chautauqua: First Program by Upper County Association Begins Tomorrow Continuing 9 Days.

May 2, 2022 by Donna Fearing

Door County Advocate, July 25, 1919 At Sister Bay, beginning tomorrow will be held the first Chautauqua program ever attempted in the county north of Sturgeon Bay. The program will continue until August 3 – a nine-day program more interesting than anything similar ever held in the county. The Chautauqua is put on by the […]

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Nature Center New Attraction: Native Animal, Plant Species on Display at Sister Bay Sanctuary

April 25, 2022 by Donna Fearing

June 15, 1948, Green Bay Press-Gazette Besides claiming its share of resort facilities, with unusually well-developed commercial facilities for its summer guests, Sister Bay claims a new attraction in the county, the “Three Springs Nature Center,” the project of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Wilson of Ephraim. Two and a half miles east of Sister Bay […]

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Church… Baseball… Beer… It’s Big Time in ‘The’ County

April 1, 2022 by Donna Fearing

By Don Langenkamp, Green Bay Press-Gazette Sept 9, 1976 A big seller in Door County this summer was a T-shirt bearing the legend, “Door County is for lovers.” That should read baseball lovers. While many small-town baseball leagues are dying out for lack of interest, the Door County League is a robust, money-making operation. In […]

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Evolution of the Postcard

February 22, 2022 by Donna Fearing

By Linda Sivasi-Kelly Door County Almanak, No. 5, 1990 Sending postcards is a curious custom we’ve had with us for over 125 years. In 1861 John Charlton, an American, produced the first private mailing card. The printed cards were highly embellished with a decorative border and a small space for a brief message. The cards […]

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Living the Good Life: Sidney Telfers at Driftwood Find Richness on Their Farm

January 23, 2022 by Donna Fearing

Father and Son Keep Clos to the Soil While Going Modern, Women Folks Busy, Useful By Betty Ansorge Hanson, June 1949 Ellison Bay, WI – The “good life” that can be lived in Door County reaches a kind of acme in the Sidney Telfers’ existence at Driftwood at Ellison Bay, close to the northern tip […]

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Northern Resort Village Seen as Coming Community of County

January 9, 2022 by Donna Fearing

Rapid Growth, Community Spirit Help Make Facilities Available for All Vacationists from the Green Bay Press Gazette, June 1940 The coming community of the Peninsula is what the people of Sister Bay like to have said about their home community, and they have ample justification for that tile for there are few communities that have […]

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Door County Peninsula Trip Interests Many

January 5, 2022 by Donna Fearing

Jansky Tells of Trip to Wonderland of North; Explains Trails to Take By Nelson Jansky – Wisconsin State Journal, September 1925 The way up at the “tip of the thumb” on the map of Wisconsin on any Sunday during pleasant weather one can see one of the strangest sights in this Playground of the Middle […]

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The Little Sister Resort

September 28, 2021 by Donna Fearing

The beginnings of Little Sister Resort can be traced back to August 1865, when Endre Endreson and his 21-year old son Gunnar left Trondheim to escape compulsory military service in Norway.  Gunnar’s sister had preceded them to America and was settled in Ephraim, Wisconsin, to which place they therefore naturally went. Five years after arriving […]

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The Grasse Family

September 26, 2021 by Donna Fearing

Mr. Frederick Grasse was born July 16, 1836, in Brandenburg Province, Germany. When he was 16 years old, he moved to become a pioneer resident of the Town of Wilson, Wi. He settled a farm where he remained until 1900. Mrs. Louise (Heiden) Grasse was born August 15, 1844, in Meckelburg, Schwerin, Germany. At the […]

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Liberty Park Summer Resort by Dottie & Pete Pohlman, Lodge Managers 1984-1989

September 16, 2021 by Donna Fearing

Door County Almanak, No. 5, 1990 The old Goodrich steamer makes the turn off the Sister Islands and straightens out heading to Sister Bay. As the captain slows the streamer to a crawl to give the Chicago families a lingering view of the majestic harbor, the call goes out to be sure you have all […]

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