Sister Bay Stories

Tuesday, June 16, 7:00 pm In the early 1900s, tourism began to be a growing business in Sister Bay, and alongside the early hotels and resorts, a new form of tourist accommodation was created — the vacation cottage.  Some of the older hotels added cottages, but a large part of the growth came from families

Thursday, July 23, 7:00 pm In the mid-1800s, Adolf Carlson raised cattle on the land that is now a cherry orchard owned by his great-grandson Mark Carlson and wife Mary Pat.  The building for their business, the Wildwood Market, once served as housing for cherry pickers, including German POWs.  Mark and Mary Pat will tell

Wednesday, August 19, 7pm On April 1,1963, Sister Bay native Dorothea Grasse Johnson became one of Sister Bay’s few female entrepreneurs when she and her husband, Percy, returned from Toledo, Ohio, with their family and started the Going Garbage business.  Dorothea’s new venture followed advice from her brother John, also a Sister Bay native, who

Tuesday, September 22, 7pm This program about Sister Bay’s rich maritime history will be delivered by John Blossom, a long-time Sister Bay boating enthusiast and history buff who has been leading the project to renovate the Bunda Boathouse and turn it into a Sister Bay Waterfront Museum.

Tuesday, September 16, 2025 – 7 pm Learn of the vision Jerry Reinhard had in 1959, building greenhouses and a floral shop on top of the hill in Sister Bay. Opening in 1960, Jerry built a unique business that remains vital and much-loved today. Fred and Joy Lang, owners since 1989, will share stories about

Tuesday, August 19, 2025 – 7 pm Heidi Orsted and Caroline Ault reprise the story of Beach Road families that was first told in a Sister Bay Stories program over 20 years ago by Caroline’s mother, Mary Alice Gustafson. Heidi and Caroline share tales of early settlers along the road, plus their own special memories

Tuesday, July 22, 2025 – 7 pm The Sister Bay Bays baseball team has been a dominant force in the Door County League for the last decade, but the sport has been a central local pastime almost as long as the village has existed. Join the Sister Bay Historical Society on Tuesday, July 22, for a look

Thursday, June 19, 2025 – 7 pm Terry Wolf introduces a new exhibit in the Koessl Barn that displays postcards of the early 1900s that were sent to and from Sister Bay residents.  The cards have unique images of Sister Bay from that era, but they also contain interesting messages that reveal the nature of