In April of 1849, a year after Wisconsin achieved statehood, a twenty six year old divinity student set sail from Stavanger, Norway, en route to America. Andreas (Andrew) Iverson, and his young wife, Laura, emigrated to Milwaukee to begin a new life. In 1850, Andrew was ordained a Moravian minister and charged with spreading the gospel among the ma more...
The culmination of a five-year effort, Fish Creek Echoes brings together a collection of warm family stories and tales of notable figures, places, and events. With 78 articles, 60 contributors, a comprehensive index of names, and over 150 rare photographs, it spans Fish Creek and Gilbraltar Township's history from settlement in 1840 to the r more...
"Fish Creek Voices" is an oral history of life in Fish Creek, Wisconsin, a small town in the northern part of the Door County Peninsula. Told by long-time memebers of that community, it has been a labor of love for Edward and Lois Schreiber and for a veritable army of other people who have written chapters, provided photos, made drawings, read d
Jutting out of Wisconsin into the blue waters of Lake Michigan, the scenic peninsula of Door County is endowed with the longest coastline of any county in the nation. Since the mid-1800s, the region has boasted a strong maritime industry, dependent on the constant vigilance and efforts of U.S. Coast Guard Units. The county has been home to as many more...
The History of Door County: The County Beautiful with a new introduction by Kubet Luchterhand.
Holand's History of Door County is an important benchmark in northeasten Wisconsin History. By interviewing oldtimers and gleaning through newspapers that served the county, Holand compiled a fasinating account both of the region's pas
Lighthouse Keepers & Their Families Door County, Wisconsin 1837-1939
Keepers of the Lights is an outstanding work of local social history and a well-researched and thoughtful case study in 19th and early 20th century US history. Taken by themselves, the facts and data it contains would make the book a standard reference on the local lighth
Liberty Grove Township is the largest township in Wisconsin's Door County. Located at the northern tip of the Door Peninsula, a few miles due south of Washington Island, Liberty Grove occupies 36,331 acres which face Green Bay on the west, Green Bay and Lake Michigan on the east. The south is the land area of Door Peninsula. The shoreline is approx more...
Lighthouses and Range Lights of Door County, Wisconsin.
The Door Peninsula of Wisconsin juts northeastward between the waters of Green Bay and those of Lake Michigan. It has more than 250 miles of shoreline and at least it's fair share of rocky shoals, dangerous passages, and difficult harbors. In the nineteenth century, it also had a weal