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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1HWT_privilege-in-the-park_Fish-Creek-WI.html
What was summer like in Door County in the early 1900s? If you were a local girl, you might clean rooms at a family hotel or help with farm chores. Perhaps you would tend to younger siblings. If old enough, you might even work at Camp Meenahga.
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1GVW_the-1858-rosiere-kermiss_Forestville-WI.html
???? The fall harvest was in and excitement reigned in the community! Cleaning, cooking, baking, sewing — it was time to celebrate and thank the Lord for the good crops and other blessings. Hardships, homesickness, and loneliness were forgo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1F96_eagle-bluff-lighthouse_Fish-Creek-WI.html
Sailing vessels used two channels when navigating this part of Green Bay. The first was the western passage on the far side of Chambers Island. The second lies before you: the treacherous passage between the shore and the Strawberry Islands.
Econ…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1EYJ_the-hotz-estate_Ellison-Bay-WI.html
In 1917, Ferdinand Hotz of Chicago purchased 1,015 acres of land which later became Newport State Park. He thought this was the finest place on earth, and in 1919 he began building an estate that would include the log cabin, carriage house, and ou…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1EXX_baileys-harbor-town-marina_Baileys-Harbor-WI.html
On the shores of beautiful Lake Michigan, Baileys Harbor was the first established village on the Door Peninsula. In 1848, Captain Justice Bailey was seeking refuge from a ferocious storm and came ashore in the sheltered harbor. Discovering abunda…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1EW9_island-paradise_Fish-Creek-WI.html
Northern white cedar trees cling to the rocky rim of 38-acre Horseshoe Island. A tangle of birch and balsam fir, with pale blossoms of climbing fumitory, grow on the island, too. Long ago, people lived on Horseshoe Island.
Indian people, includ…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ETL_scow-schooner-ocean-wave_Sturgeon-Bay-WI.html
Type: Wooden schooner, two-masted Built: 1860, Robert Chambers, Harsen's Island, Mich. Sank: September 23, 1869 Length: 73'?? Beam 20'Cargo: StoneDepth of Wreckage: 110'Listed on the National Register of Historic Places
Four miles southeast of …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ESA_schooner-christina-nilsson_Baileys-Harbor-WI.html
Type: wooden schooner Built: 1871, Hanson & Scove, Manitowoc, Wis. Sank: Oct. 24, 1884 Length: 139.4' Beam 26'Cargoes: pig iron Propulsion: sail, three-masted Depth of wreckage: 15' Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003. The …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ES8_door-countys-stone-fleet_Sturgeon-Bay-WI.html
Behind you, Government Bluff rises 150 feet above the waters of Sturgeon Bay. It was here that Door County's first industry began in 1834 — a limestone quarry. Originally intended for a military fort that was never constructed, the stone was…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19M3_zion-evangelical-lutheran-church_Egg-Harbor-WI.html
On January 18, 1889, Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church was formally incorporated. The congregation consisted mostly of German Lutheran immigrants from the district of Saxon-Weimar-Eisenach who settled in the Jacksonport area. That spring the newly …