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NORTH OF THE TENSION LINE – Musings on the Island by Julian Hagen
by Julian Hagen, as related to Marybeth Mattson
It's just a different pace. When you get on the boat at Northport, a weight is just lifted off your shoulders. North of the Tension Line is what they call this place. And there's something about wh…
DOOR COUNTY BEER FESTIVAL 2012
Get a taste of local flavor at the first annual Door County Beer Festival on Saturday, June 16th, 2012, held outside the Baileys Harbor village hall at the finish line of the Ride for Nature benefit for the Ridges Sanctuary.
The festival kicks of…
OPEN YEAR ROUND - A NOVEL IDEA
nov·el
adjective
Of a new kind; different from anything seen or known before: a novel idea.
From the streets of Baileys Harbor the tree-man beckons. Reminiscent of Tolkien's Ents – if slightly smaller, Novel Ideas' tree-man stands next to a l…
Door County History
A Fifty-Year Reminiscence - Written by Author H.R. Holand in 1948
It is fifty years this summer since I first saw the Door Peninsula. I was then a student at the University of Wisconsin and thought that the Madison surroundings were about as beautiful as could be found anywhere. But that was before I had seen north…
Robert S. Pohl (March 15, 1945 - March 18, 2012)
Robert Steven Pohl (“Bob”), a well-known Ephraim businessman, was revered for his acute sense of humor and his outgoing personality. His career in publishing spanned over 40 years, with The La Grange Shopper, La Grange, IL., The Door Reminder in Sis…
The Living Past
by Trygvie Jensen
Commercial fishing is one of the oldest professions known to man. The industry has survived for nearly two hundred years on the Great Lakes. Commercial fishermen are our living past, but confronting an uncertain future. They epit…
Door County Almanak
Door County Almanak – Hickey Brothers Fishery
Excerpt from Almanak No. 1
Hickey Brothers Fishery: Following in the Steps of Grandfather
Commercial fishing: a chance to play for a living. You get a little exercise, a little fresh air, a little action. You ride around in a boat and catch a few…
Door County Almanak – The Hill Orchard
Excerpt from Almanak No. 2
The Hill Orchard: Continuing a Family Tradition
It was a warm August afternoon when I followed Jean Hill’s green pickup truck down to the Ray Nordeen place on Old Stage Road, just a quarter mile south of the Scandia int…
Door County Almanak – The Fish Boil
Excerpt from Almanak No. 3
Door County’s Famous Fish Boil
The “fish boil” has become one of Door County’s biggest tourist attractions. Many questions have been asked—A fish what? What does it taste like? How is it done? Fish, potatoes, and onions…
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