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1878 Map of Door County
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1899 Plat Map of Washington Township
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1850 Map of Wisconsin
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Celebrating Egg Harbor 1861 - 2011

$29.95

Condition: New
Binding: Trade Paper

"Egg Harbor was founded by a beautiful patchwork of hardworking immigrants from diverse cultures whose life stories are shared within these pages. Their hardships and successes will inspire future generations"
Christie Weber
Past Board Member, Main Street Program (Surgeon Bay)
Wisconsin Trust for Historic Preservation
Past Mem    more...

Empire in Pine<br>The Story of Lumbering in Wisconsin 1830-1900

Empire in Pine
The Story of Lumbering in Wisconsin 1830-1900
Fries, Robert F.
$14.95

Condition: New
Binding: Trade Paper

For more than a generation, lumbering marked the path and set the pace in Wisconsin's growth from a frontier community into the great commonwealth it had become by the turn of the century. Empire in Pine is a comprehensive study of that industry, whose output soared from a few thousand board feet in 1830 to the stupendous total of four billi    more...

Firestorm at Peshtigo
Gess, Denise and Lutz, William
$17.00

Condition: New
Binding: Trade Paper

On October 8, 1871 - the same night as the Great Chicago Fire - the lumber town of Peshtigo, Wisconsin, was struck with a five-mile-wide wall of flames, borne on tonado-force winds of one hundred mile an hour that tore across more than 2,400 square miles of land, obliterating the town in less than one hour and killing more than two thousand people.    more...

The Great Peshtigo Fire: An Eyewitness Account, Second Edition
Pyne, Stephen J
$12.95

Condition: New
Binding: Trade Paper

Added to this edition: A foreword by Stephen J. Pyne, the world's foremost historian of fire: 64 pp.; new full-color maps; and numerous new illustrations.

"It was about ten o'clock when we entered into the river. ... Once in water up to our necks, I thought we would at least be safe from the fire, but it was not so; the flames darted over the more...

History of Door County<br>The County Beautiful

History of Door County
The County Beautiful
Holand, Hjalmar R.
$100.00

Condition: New
Binding: Hard Cover - 2 Vol.

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 more...

Ludington Car Ferries
Petersen, David K
$21.99

Condition: New
Binding: Trade Paper

Not-a-pe-ka-gon was the Native American name given to the Ludington area and translates as "heads on sticks." The name refers to a battle between the Ottawa and Mascouten Indians in the 17th century that raged along the river toward Lake Michigan. The heads of defeated Mascoutens were placed on sticks as a warning to all. Later a bluff overlooking    more...

The Military History of Wisconsin in the War for the Union
Quiner, E. B.
$50.00

Condition: New
Binding: Hard Cover

St. Croix Valley Civil War Round Table 1866, Reprinted in 2000.

Almost as soon as the cannonballs began fllying over Fort Sumter, Edwin Quiner systematically began collecting accounts of the great national cataclysm. Quiner was in a unique position to do so. A Madison journalist and printer with an interest in history, he had already been publish more...

Milwaukee's Italian Heritage<br>Mediterranean Roots in Midwestern Soil

Milwaukee's Italian Heritage
Mediterranean Roots in Midwestern Soil
Zignego, Anthony M.
$19.99

Condition: New
Binding: Trade Paper

The shores of Lake Michigan might seem a far cry from the coastline of the Mediterranean, even for a country famous for its opera singers. Nevertheless, enough Italians responded to the call�and returned home to repeat it confidently to brothers, brides and strangers�to create a thriving community in Milwaukee. Historians often emphasize Milwaukee�    more...

Monster Fire At Minong
Matthias, Bill
$14.95

Condition: New
Binding: Trade Paper

Ignited by a single match, the Five Mile Tower Fire of 1977 raged out of control for seventeen hours. It would be one of the largest wildland fires in Wisconsin history, ultimately destroying more than 13,000 acres of land and sixty-three buildings. With jack pines exploding around them and flames spiraling overhead, DNR rangers, volunteer firefigh    more...

A Short History of Wisconsin
Janik, Erika
$18.95

Condition: New
Binding: Trade Paper

Rediscover Wisconsin History from the very beginning. A short History of Wisconsin recounts the landscapes, people, and traditions that have made the state the multi-faceted place it is today. With an approach both comprehensive and accessible, historian Erika Janik covers several centuries of Wisconsin's remarkable past, showing how the sta    more...

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1881 Map of Milwaukee
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Map of Chambers Island
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1878 Map of Brown County
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