This is a book of "factual historical narrative". In other words, this is a collection of absolutely true stories of shipwreck and lighthouse adventures, of real people and actual plces on the Great Lakes. Text within these pages contains the sagas of some of the most obscure and thrilling events that can be told of lighthouse keepers, lifesavers a more...
Their football legacy is second to none - 12 NFL Championships, 25 Pro Football Hall of Fame members, and names like Lombardi, Lambeau, and Farve, synonymous with a winning tradition.
Green Bay Packers: Legends in Green And gold chronicles the team's phenomenal successes, heartbreaking letdowns, and legendary moments, beginning with an
A prominent borough for many years, Fort Howard occupied the area immediately west of the mouth of the Fox River in Green Bay, Wisconsin. Named after the military garrison that once stood there, Fort Howard - once Green Bay's fierce rival - was incorporated into the City of Green Bay in 1895. Today, the neighborhood is a seamless extension of the c more...
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
Although this book was originally published in 1916 it still stands as the classic regimental history of the First Minnesota in the Civil War. It has long been recognized as a major Civil War unit history by both collectors and historians from both Minnesota and the rest of the country. It was reprinted in 1987 in a limited quantity but that quick more...
George Peck is most often remembered for his Peck's Bad Boy books, but his smash hit on the lecture circuit was How Private Geo. W. Peck Put Down the Rebellion, a humorous view of the life of a Union cavalryman during the Civil War. Peck was well-known as a raconteur and lecturer before becoming governor of Wisconsin in 1891. more...
"Record show that more than 3,500 lakers have been lost on the five Great Lakes. The bottoms of the big lakes are littered with the remains of wooden schooners, sidewheel steamers, arched package freighters, iron and steel ore freighter of all kinds, many well-preserved in the cold dark depths. more...
More mounds were built by ancient Native Americn Societies in Wisconsin than in any other region of North America - Between 15,000 and 20,000 mounds, at least 4,000 of which remain today. Most impressive are the effigy mounds, huge earthworks sculpted into shapes of birds, animals, and other forms, not found anwhere else in the world in such concen more...
Place names are cultural artifacts that tell us much about how people lived as do relics dug from the ground, writes Virgil Vogel, one of America's foremost authorities on place names. They are historical records from which the location and migration of people, plants and animals can be charted. Onalaska and Aztalan, not surprisingly, are plance na more...