Almost 150 years ago, the first white settlers arrived on the shores of Mud (Moonlight) Bay. These fishermen and their families came by boat past the Indian Settlements, and built log cabins. There were no roads, it was total primeval wilderness. The waters were teeming with fish. There was venison in the forest and waterfowl in abundance. A virtua more...
This is far from a new book, and it is a title very familiar to many of Door County's residents and visitors. However, if you are a first time visitor or a long time lover of the Peninsula, this remains the classic book on the area; an absolute must read! For those curious about such history as the founding of Ephraim, the early days of the local more...
In the very beginning of The Park, Aulabaugh wisely tells us that ?The Park? means Peninsula State Park because he uses this nickname repeatedly. Aulabaugh then presents a brief geologic review of the county and a concise historical summary. There is just enough material in these chapters to refresh the memory of informed readers and educate thos more...
Molly Andersen's summer job in Wisconsin's Door Country originally sounded like two months of fun and relaxation, but she is soon caught up in an unusual flurry of activity involving a film crew on Rock Island, a professor and his crew searching for the wreck of La Salle's Griffin off the north end of the peninsula, and two mysterious men wh more...
Can anyone who has visited Door County forget Wilson's in Ephraim? We think not. The establishment with its white facade, wrap-around sign and striped awnings is surely one of the most memorable places imaginable. And it's safe to say that few who have stopped there can forget the pleasure of its ice cream cones with the inevitable jelly bean at more...
Early French explorers named the dangerous shoal-studded passage between Lake Michgan and Green Bay "Porte des Morts", or Death's Door. Since then, hundreds of ships have dramatically come to grief along these rocky shores. Many fascinating archival, land, aerial and underwater photos bring to life these shipwreck tales, the legend of the Poverty I more...
Streching midway across Wisconsin's famous Door County peninsula, Sturgeon Bay has developed into the county's business and industrial center. Divided by the waterway it's named after, this small city provided a home to a working waterfront that housed sawmills and docks for shipping ice, quarried stone, and later cherries. A canal dug from Sturgeo more...
Naturalist Roy Lukes, northeaster Wisconsin nature writer, has chosen 60 of his most well-received stories, written for area newspapers of the course of 32 years, and woven them into his fifth and newest book. more...
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Through Waves and Gales Comes Fishermen’s Tales is a comprehensive oral history of the Lake Michigan commercial fishermen. Accounts and reflections of harrowing stories caught in violent storms, ice shoves, strange occurrences, and humorous stories that will give th
Naturalist Roy Lukes breaths new life into the historic and breathtaking tranquility of TOFT POINT in his delightful portrayal of Northeast Wisconsin's Door County treasure. From the Black-capped Chickadee to the thunderous waves of Lake Michigan, Toft Point: A Legacy of People and Pines, with over 100 historic photographs, brings more...