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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Door County Almanak, No. 5, 1990 Not many Door County resorts in this age of condominiums and investor groups can boast of being owned and operated by four generations of the same family over a period of almost 100 years… with a fifth-generation waiting in the wings! Myra Hubbard, nee Jacobson, the pert 70ish redhead […]

Sister Bay, a picturesque summer resort on the western side of the Door County peninsula, is planning a “bigger and better” holiday celebration for the Fourth of July weekend, promising to set a record in entertainment in the community. A parade, floats, picnicking, addresses, a giant water carnival, baseball, and music throughout the day – […]