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Washington Island Ferry Reflecting on 75 years Adapt. Hibernate. Migrate.

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Strategies for Survival 040 The secret lives of animals in winter

by Laurel Duffin Hauser

The Early Days of the Washington Island Ferry 050

by Richard Purinton

LITERATURE 014 Wisconsin Gothic

by Albert DeGenova

ART 016 Dave Hackett

by Gary Jones

MUSIC 022 Making a Record in the Door

by Katie Lott

CAMEO 026 Mary Ellen Smith: An Advocate for Public Health

ON YOUR PLATE What a Crock! 068

NAMES 092 How Fish Creek Got Its Name

Lazy Morning Breakfast 072

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HISTORY 034 A Lost Icon: The Omnibus

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OUTDOOR 062 Growing the Holiday Spirit

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cover Wild turkeys mingle on a snowy winter day. Photo by Len Villano. above Summer may be the bread and butter season for island businesses that rely on tourism, but without winter service the Washington Island community would be very different. Here the Arni J. Richter crew prepares to load on an early December morning, 2009.

Photo courtesy of the Washington Island Ferry Line Archives.

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EDITOR’S NOTE

• The first snowfall • All the accouterments of winter — the long underwear, flannel shirts, stocking caps, coats, scarves, gloves and mittens, boots. Some of us look forward to donning our winter gear.

• Intense quiet • Ice shoves • Miles of cross-country ski trails • Great snowplow crews who keep the roads open • Winter festivals in Baileys Harbor, Fish Creek and Sturgeon Bay • Ice skating

Photo: Jim Lundstrom.

Rah, Rah, Rah for Winter!

• Broomball • Trivia contests for charity • The winter series of lectures, movies and concerts at Door Community Auditorium

When people would inevitably ask baseball player/coach Rogers Hornsby what he did in the winter, he would say: “I stare out the window and wait for spring.”

sometimes wondered what in the world possessed my ancestors to settle in such a wasteland. But I also have many fond winter memories from that time that cancel out those callow protestations against winter.

You can understand that attitude about winter coming from a baseball player, but what about those folks who greet winter by plugging in their full-spectrum seasonal disorder lamps, wrapping themselves in blankies and praying it’s a short one, or those wimps who simply abandon the place and head for warmer climes to wait out the winter?

I don’t want to sound like lead cheerleader for the Winter Booster Club, but I do believe winter is the most misunderstood season. Unlike any other season, it inspires a great deal of whining and gnashing of teeth. As I considered these things and the reasons why winter is so despised and/or feared, I had to ask myself, why are you a fan of winter?

• Holiday decorations

Many people will tell you that summer is their favorite season. It used to be mine, too, but it ceased to enthrall me once it no longer represented three beautiful months of freedom from the prison of public school. When I finally earned my release from school, summer just became another series of work days, only hotter.

Is it just to be contrary? Just another example of lifelong support for the underdog? Or do I honestly believe that winter has as many attributes as the other seasons?

• The communal feeling that we’re all in this together.

I will admit as a kid in the dead of winter in Duluth, Minnesota, I

But here are a few reasons why winter in Door County is so appealing:

• The dinner and a movie series at Greens ‘N Grains in Egg Harbor • Snow days!

• The New Year’s Day polar bear plunge in Jacksonport.

• A bottle of New Glarus Raspberry Tart on the coldest day of the year because it is like summer in a bottle. I consider this more a celebration of winter than a longing for summer.

Now that I think about it, winter doesn’t need a booster club. It’s doing just fine on its own.

After careful examination of my reasons for considering winter a contender, I would say all of the above.

Jim Lundstrom Editor

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CONTRIBUTORS

A Door County native, LUKE COLLINS returned to his hometown of Sturgeon Bay after a decade in Minneapolis and took up photography, which quickly became a passion.

Now an award-winning photographer, Collins focuses primarily on nature and landscapes but enjoys challenging himself by expanding into other styles of photography. An avid traveler, Collins has photographed some of the United States’ greatest cities and richest natural scenes. One of the most rewarding aspects of photographing these places is sharing the beauty he sees with others.

Contributing Editor MYLES DANNHAUSEN JR. takes a look back at a legendary Fish Creek bar in this issue. “The Omnibus has been gone for more than 30 years,” he says, “but when I bartended at Husby’s or the Sister Bay Bowl, people would still talk about it wistfully. It clearly held a special place in many minds, but it also reflected a less polished era on the peninsula.” An Egg Harbor native, Dannhausen is a freelance writer and editor living in Chicago’s Humboldt Park. He has written for Wisconsin People & Ideas, All About Beer, Chicago Athlete, and Running Times, among several other publications.

Food and cooking are JESS FARLEY’s creative outlets. Labeling herself a hobby chef, she has the opportunity to share her passion by contributing to On Your Plate, the foodie column published in Door County Living. This experience allows Jess a creative outlet while developing recipes and learning more and more about food. It’s family, natural beauty and Lake Michigan that keeps Jess in Door County.

Her personal mantra: “Smile often and enjoy every moment because not a minute of this beautiful life should be wasted.”

LAUREL DUFFIN HAUSER is a freelance writer who lives with her husband and two children in Sturgeon Bay. She is interested in local history and, increasingly, in how people collaborate to make the communities they love vibrant.

She worked for many years on the staff of the Door County Land Trust and is co-chair of the Sturgeon Bay Skatepark Initiative.

Award-winning writer GARY JONES has taught at the University of Wisconsin — Platteville. He and his wife of many years spend summers in Northern Door.

Top to bottom: Luke Collins. Myles Dannhausen Jr. Jess Farley. Laurel Duffin Hauser. Gary Jones.

Katie Lott. Roy Lukes. Jim Lundstrom. Ryan Miller.

Jackson Parr. Richard Purinton. Alyssa Skiba.

Len Villano. Patty Williamson.

KATIE LOTT lives on the fashionable West Side of Sturgeon Bay with her two daughters. Her debut album of jazz standards, Blue Shoes, was recorded at Studio 330. She’s currently at work on a new album of original songs.

ROY LUKES has been photographing nature more than 50 years, writing weekly nature stories since 1968 and helping people become better caretakers of the Earth. He holds an honorary Doctor of Science degree from Lawrence University and was awarded the Chancellor’s Medallion in recognition of his environmental advocacy from University of Wisconsin — Oshkosh.

JIM LUNDSTROM enjoys the solitude of winter in Door County.

RYAN MILLER enjoys excessively exploring and exercising his imagination to keep creatively fit.

JACKSON PARR believes nowhere in the world but Door County has a more dynamic year and that’s why he plans to stick around for a while. The cabin fever winters give way to the festival-filled summers, ensuring the party never truly ends.

RICHARD PURINTON is a semi-retired ferry captain and Washington Island Ferry Line CEO who enjoys writing his blog at ferrycabinnews. blogspot.com. In 2013 he authored Thordarson and Rock Island, and in 2014 Poem, Prose & Image. Purinton contributes regularly to the local newspaper, Washington Island Observer.

Starry winter skies and powdery white snow are the highlight of ALYSSA SKIBA’s Door County winters, a time when the Arts & Entertainment Editor gets out and about with snowshoes, a fat bike or just good old winter boots.

An artist, musician, recording engineer and producer, LEN VILLANO left a promising career in architecture years ago to devote his life to capturing the beauty of nature on film. Finding the extraordinary in the ordinary is now the focus of Len’s work.

Since 1992, PATTY WILLIAMSON and her husband have spent April through November on Kangaroo Lake, and the license on their van reads LVDCWI. Patty has a bachelor’s degree in journalism and English and a master’s and doctorate in education administration. When not writing, she spends her time traveling, reading, doing crossword puzzles and needlework, researching her Irish roots and volunteering at Zion United Methodist Church, Northern Sky Theater, and Door Shakespeare.

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LITERATURE

Wisconsin Gothic Editor’s Note In honor of Door County’s rich literary and photographic communities, the editorial staff at Door County Living decided to think outside the box with this issue’s literature section. Earlier this year, we perused dozens of photos from photography director Len Villano’s winter collection for an image that we felt spoke to the culture of the peninsula in the depths of winter. We connected with award-winning poet Al DeGenova, who leads the annual Norbert Blei Writing Workshop at The Clearing Folk School in Ellison Bay and has taken top honors in the Peninsula Pulse’s annual Hal Prize literary contest, and gave him a copy of our chosen photo. He was given no details on the individuals in the photo or their story and was tasked with writing a poem about it. What follows is DeGenova’s interpretation of the ice shanty scene in his poem, “Wisconsin Gothic.”

Where weather knocks with a limestone fist and each season flavors a workingman’s daily bread with a distinctive salt, a couple chooses to spend their day off together in a shanty on the ice.

Where winter blue razors a sharp edge against a white world, even in this season there’s good eatin’ to be had outta their generous lake, they sit back — one line, one hole through thick ice.

Inside, the shanty is thick with their morning — a cooling frying pan, cigarettes, wet socks drying near the old Jøtul stove.

Finished with her beer, her pen and journal, she is done with words for now.

When the lens focuses on this man and his barefoot woman, he glares straight into the camera — interrupted! but this morning he is forgiving, he has all he desires, there is enough: the right tackle, fresh bait, whiskey and daydreaming about last night — Pete singin’ the blues at the AC Tap, and July down Route 42 that field thousands of blooming sunflowers.

— Albert DeGenova

Photo: Len Villano.

Albert DeGenova is an award-winning poet, writer, editor and publisher. He is the author of four books of poetry, and for the past 30-plus years has worked as a journalist and marketing communications professional. DeGenova holds a master of fine art degree in writing and now leads the annual Norbert Blei Writing Workshop at The Clearing Folk School.

He is also a blues saxophonist and a one-time contributing editor to DownBeat magazine.

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ART by Gary Jones

Dave Hackett Capturing the fine details with a realist’s eye “In 1961 when Carol and I married,” Dave Hackett said, “our goal was some day to move to Door County. And in 1999, we did!”

His secondary objective, he added, was “to have a studio and gallery, and develop an art presence” on the peninsula, an objective also realized as he became a successful artist specializing in watercolor paintings along with pen and ink drawings. Now he and his wife make their home in Sturgeon Bay. Hackett works primarily in watercolor, as he enjoys the opportunities the medium provides “to experiment; so many things you can do with it.” But he also likes the challenges. “I’m a realist, a detail artist,” he said. He is not a “loose, wash painter,” but likes to “be tight,” and the watercolors do not allow him to make mistakes. “You can’t paint over!” he said.

However, he also works with pen and ink, an outgrowth, he said, of his interest in pencil drawing, because he regards this medium as “the next step,” using only one color “to create values and tones.”

Hackett’s work captures the essence of those qualities in Door County — barns and farms, lighthouses, boats and docks and landmark buildings — that attract both visitors and new residents, as it did Hackett more than five decades ago.

Young Dave met his future wife Carol when they were Milwaukee high school students, and she, in turn, introduced him to Door County.

“Her mother asked me if I’d like to go with them to Fish Creek and stay at the Parkside Cottages,” Hackett recalled.

The year was 1957 and when Dave accepted the invitation, he not only fell in love with Door County, but with Carol as well.

He laughed when he recalled being teased by his friends that he was a

cradle-robber, as Carol was only 13 at the time while he was 17.

Peninsula State Park, serving in 1912 as its first superintendent.

Carol’s mother had grown up in Fish Creek. Her grandfather, A.E. Doolittle, had overseen the development of

The cottage where Hackett stayed had been located at the entrance to the park, but the units have since been

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“I’m a realist, a detail artist.” ­— Dave Hackett

razed. However, his connection with the state park has continued; in 2009, the centennial of the purchase of the land, he was asked to paint a commemorative montage celebrating the park’s various attractions.

Hackett attended the University of Wisconsin — Milwaukee majoring in art, as he had been interested in drawing since he was a little kid. In Milwaukee he worked by turns as a newspaper cartoonist, illustrator and sports writer;

Far left: Artist Dave Hackett works on a piece during the Paint the Bay competition at the 2015 Door County Classic & Wooden Boat Festival.

Photo by Len Villano. Above: “If The Old Boat Could Talk” by Dave Hackett.

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While the Hacketts were raising their family in Menomonee Falls, they continued to maintain their connection to Door County. To develop name recognition, he began exhibiting his artwork in galleries on the peninsula, not only selling his pieces but accepting commissions to paint people’s houses, boats and dogs.

Hackett’s mother bought a cottage on Appleport Lane east of Sister Bay and after enjoying that setting, the couple purchased a cottage in Fish Creek that they moved to Appleport Road, close to his mother’s place, as a vacation home to which he attached a studio-gallery.

And in 1999, the couple’s dream was realized when they moved full time to Door County; last year, they relocated to Sturgeon Bay where he now has his studio and operates an online gallery, continuing to maintain his active presence in the peninsula’s art community.

Photo: Len Villano.

He has created a series of community posters, montages of images that celebrate towns and areas, as does the Peninsula State Park piece mentioned above. He has painted montages of Ephraim, Fish Creek and Sturgeon Bay, as well as other towns and areas throughout the state.

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produce art, he said, but “I paint when I feel like painting.”

Recently he exhibited his work at the Glas Coffeehouse in Sturgeon Bay and for the second time, at the Northern Door YMCA.

He continues to accept commissions, often painting homes, businesses and boats.

But he enjoys the peninsula because he “never runs out of subjects to paint in Door County.” He has interests that take him outdoors and around the area including golfing, hiking and biking.

In his retirement, he is not driven to

“I was so blessed to be able to find a profession that I really loved doing,” he said, recalling his career both as a commercial and fine arts artist. “I never felt I was going to work,” he continued, “and I got paid for it!”

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MUSIC by Katie Lott

Sure, Chicago, Nashville and Los Angeles churn out a lot of records. But look at the list of artists who have recorded in Door County in the last few years, and it’s impressive: Jeanne Kuhns and Small Forest, Door County newcomer Terry Murphy, folk artists Katie Dahl and groups like WIFEE and the HUZz BAND and other Steel Bridge artists.

Turns out Door County recording studios have something to offer every type of musician, and there’s a county full of talent ready to collaborate.

Jeanne Kuhns and her band Small Forest recorded their first album at Studio 330 in Sturgeon Bay with producer Hans Christian. Jeanne and her daughter Marybeth Mattson are the songwriting/vocal team of the band, and though each had made solo albums in the past, they had never recorded together.

“We learned a lot recording our album, Dream,” said Kuhns. “We discovered we had to sing differently in the studio than we do live in order to blend well. It was tough, but Hans helped us through it.”

What was most amazing for Kuhns was seeing her daughter hear herself for the first time in a studio.

“I think she was instantly catapulted 10 degrees in her self-esteem, when she could really hear how beautiful her voice is.”

Like many artistic projects, recording Dream took longer than the band originally anticipated. “We really wanted the album to sound like we sound when we perform. That’s not an easy balance.”

The process of recording, according to Kuhns, felt “kind of like a community event.” Local musicians — including George Sawyn and Seth Raddatz on guitar, Hans Christian on cello and

Tommy Burroughs on fiddle and mandolin — all contributed to the record. Bartering even played a part in funding the album. Although the band used crowdfunding to finance the record, it wasn’t quite enough.

“We ended up scraping and priming Hans’ house/studio building as part of our payment,” said Jeanne, laughing. “All three of us, me, Mary and our bassman Patrick Palmer, at different times. Mary and I even cocktail waitressed at Hans’ Christmas party.”

Terry Murphy was riding his garden tractor when he first got the idea of recording an album here. Having retired to Door County in 2013 after years of spending summers in Peninsula State Park with his family, Murphy was getting his feet wet in the local music scene.

“I knew Dave Alley and was a big fan of AFT [American Folklore Theatre]. Dave had given me some feedback when my Tennison Bay record was still in the rough-cut phase. And he’d told me ‘Let’s do a project together sometime.’”

Murphy has recorded an album every two years, starting in 2006, so when 2014 came along he was ready for another one. He had worked with the same producer on his previous four albums. “Dave and I both took a leap of faith.” Working with Alley at Utopia Soundwurks in Sister Bay was a new level of professionalism for Murphy, and his most expensive project to date.

“Dave co-produced the album, and we had a short learning curve as we started working together. There was a lot of fluid conversation, and he was honest with me about lyrics, song length and instrumentation. He brought a level of patience to me as well — not my strong suit — and I trust his ear.”

Alley also connected Murphy to local musicians, including Paul Sowinski,

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What is Crowdfunding?

Crowdfunding websites like Kickstarter give artists a chance to pitch their potential projects to fans and make an appeal for financial help.

In exchange for financial support, fans often receive downloads of the album, gifts, and a chance to connect with the artist and follow their project online.

For Jeanne Kuhns, crowdfunding wasn’t exactly a natural fit. “I hate asking for help,” she said. “I’d always used tax returns and savings to fund my previous albums.” But she also wanted to have the experience of recording a great album, and wanted to do it at Studio 330. “The quality you get at Hans’ studio is priceless.”

Kuhns’ band, Small Forest, used Indiegogo, a site they chose because the company takes less of a percentage out of the band’s earnings for their service than competitors. “Also, on Indiegogo, unlike Kickstarter, even if you don’t make your final goal, you still get the funds.”

Small Forest didn’t have a problem meeting their goal of $8,000 — they brought in $12,000.

“It was quite an undertaking,” said Kuhns.

“Creating the video was a lot of work and we gave away a lot of stuff — and experiences — to our donors, including t-shirts, original paintings, even an original song.”

Although Kuhns and her band are incredibly grateful for the support they received, she’s not sure she would do it again anytime soon. “I’d have to wait and have a really special project in mind.”

Katie Dahl successfully used Kickstarter for the second time to fund Ordinary Band, raising $17,000 of the $20,000 it cost to produce the album. “It would be really hard for me to make the quality record I want without help from crowdfunding,” said Dahl.

She agrees with Kuhns that it’s a lot of work.

“I spent December and January getting my Kickstarter video made.” But she also sees the campaign as a way to connect with fans. “My generation will buy a CD if it’s on Kickstarter. I give to a lot of Kickstarter campaigns myself and I find it engages a fan base in a way that gives fans a sense of ownership. That carries over to folks being more likely to come out to a show.

It’s really another mode of communication between artist and listener.”

Producer Hans Christian works on an album in his studio, Studio 330 in Sturgeon Bay. Photo by Len Villano.

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Rich Higdon and Lynn Gudmundson, all of whom appear on the record.

Then Murphy had a chance to fulfill a dream of his — to play with Eric Lewis.

“For a long time,” said Murphy, “I thought to myself Maybe someday I’ll have Eric Lewis on a record.

That was so far-fetched in my brain.

Through my time spent in Door County, I had given him my CDs and gotten to know him as a person. One night when we were both at a concert at Fishstock, I told Eric that Dave and I were going to do a record, and he replied ‘Gosh, Terry, do you think I could be on it?’ That was a pretty big moment.”

The title of Murphy’s album, Kickin’ the Dream, is his philosophy on life in a nutshell. “In addition to being a

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great creative experience, making the album gave me some credibility with other local musicians,” said Murphy.

“Since it was released, I’ve been able to fulfill another dream of mine — to be part of a band in Door County. I recently joined Last Man Standing, a bluegrass group including some great players like Jim Blahnik and Tad Greene. We’re playing some of my songs. The album really opened musical doors for me.”

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“But I also reached out to Tracy Grammer, a national musician I admire, and she played fiddle on three tracks. Amanda Rigel lent her harmony singing to two tracks. Not only was it fun but it made the record more attractive to radio stations.

Ordinary Band is also my first record on a label, Waterbug Records out of Chicago, which has gotten me some distribution and sales, and also some legitimacy in the national folk scene.”

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CAMEO by Alyssa Skiba

Mary Ellen Smith An advocate for public health When Mary Ellen Smith speaks of her 27-year career as a public health nurse in Door County, it is clear that few people have influenced her as greatly as her younger brother Tom. And for good reason — stricken with polio as a toddler just six months before the arrival of the vaccine that would provide immunity from the deadly infectious disease, Tom faced it with undying strength even as it diminished his mobility. It was a strength he would carry with him for life, going on to have a family of his own and achieve a career as a computer engineer.

But in those early days, the impressionable six-year-old Smith saw the pain and struggle her brother faced. She also saw the care that helped alleviate Tom’s pain and give him a fair shot at life.

“Growing up back then, kids stayed in the hospital much longer than they do today so I met nurses and nurses took care of my brother,” Smith said. “And I liked them, so that’s why I wanted to become a nurse.”

In 1970 she did, earning a bachelor’s degree in nursing from Marquette University, where she also met her future husband, Greg Smith. For a year, she worked the orthopedic and neurological floors at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Milwaukee before she and Greg married and returned to his homeland of Door County in 1971.

Her first step toward public health nursing in the county would happen after a chance meeting with Carol Pflieger, then a public health nurse,

in the checkout line of the old Piggly Wiggly in 1976.

“Back then home care and public health were together, and the home care nurses needed help,” Smith recalled. “And she wondered if I wanted to work a couple days a week and I said I probably do.”

Home care nurses visited patients in their homes, providing everything from new diagnosis education to dressing changes. Helping people achieve independence was a point of pride for Smith, who from a young age watched her brother adapt to his own disability.

“I loved doing home care and it certainly made a person think about, when I was a hospital nurse, you sent people home and nobody went to their house to see how they were going to manage,” Smith said.

She continued on that path, temporarily leaving her county job in 1980 to work for Porter-Kiehnau Home Care until 1988. During that time, Smith periodically filled in for county public health nurses on maternity leave and became familiar with the ins and outs of community health.

In 1988, she was hired as a part-time public health nurse for Door County and in the early 2000s, became full time. It marked the beginning of a career that has touched all aspects of public health, from adult health to communicable disease control, health education and improvement, emergency preparedness, environmental health and immunizations.

Smith instantly became a strong advocate for public health issues, making her mark on the collaborative efforts that helped establish a free/ sliding-fee scale primary care clinic that has since spawned a free dental clinic (Ministry Door County Medical Center Dental Clinic), Hispanic Resource Center of Door and Kewaunee Counties, and the Community Clinic of Door County.

But closest to her heart is her work in maternal and child health.

Mary Ellen Smith, a 27-year Door County public health nurse and 2015 recipient of the prestigious Distinguished Service in Public Health Nursing: Cornelia van Kooy Award. Photo by Luke Collins.

“If I hadn’t moved to Door County, I would have wanted to work on a pediatric floor of a hospital,” Smith said.

“I just like kids. I like working with the young moms, helping them be the best moms they can be.”

Her current drive in that area comes through two new initiatives: the Door County Community Partnership for Children and Families, and Cradle to Career. Door County Community Partnership for Children and Families focuses on bolstering school readiness skills in area youth, while Cradle to Career focuses on providing education opportunities for young pregnant women.

“I think a lot of people would be surprised at the number of young women who don’t have a high school education. That’s a new initiative where we’re really hoping to make sure everybody has their GED/HSED and then some additional education,” Smith said. “She, in turn, has that education herself and sees the importance of education for the children.”

As if her involvement in those clinics wasn’t enough, she also makes time to serve on a Breastfeeding Support Group for Door County families, oral health committee, Prevent Suicide Door County Coalition, Northeastern Wisconsin Child Death Review Team, and the Door County Advisory Board for Family Services.

These commitments were among those cited in Public Health Department Director Rhonda Kolberg’s letter to the Wisconsin Public Health Association this year, nominating Smith for the prestigious Distinguished Service in Public Health Nursing: Cornelia van Kooy Award.

“My job would not have been the same without her here and I was just lucky that she was working here,” Kolberg said.

“She’s a real advocate for public health, especially women’s and children’s issues. She’s been a very loyal person.”

The award is named for Cornelia van Kooy, known as the “Mother of Public Health Nursing” in Wisconsin, whose life draws uncanny parallels to the woman who would ultimately receive the award on August 5, 2015: Mary Ellen Smith.

For one, van Kooy was a Milwaukee native who attended St. Joseph’s Hospital School of Nursing, which would later merge with Trinity Hospital Training School for Nursing to become Marquette University College of Nursing, Smith’s alma mater.

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“She was hired as a visiting nurse 100 years ago.”

According to a July 14, 1916, article in the Door County Democrat, van Kooy was hired as a visiting nurse by the Sturgeon Bay Board of Education and the Woman’s Club. “Miss Kooy will supervise the health of the children attending school and will look after their physical welfare in every respect,” the article read.

“It’s a tremendous honor to get an award named for a nurse who did so many different things,” Smith said.

“Those nurses were pioneers. Nursing wasn’t looked upon as the greatest profession back then, either, so they were really something.”

Since word spread that Smith was given the award, Kolberg points out that anywhere the public health nurse goes, she is met with stories of people whose lives she impacted.

“She’s met people in the community that, years later, have said, ‘You really helped me. I needed someone to support me and you were there.

It made a big difference for me,’” Kolberg said. “These people have gone onto school, they’ve been successful, and I think it says a lot about her and what she’s done for a lot of people.”

However, Smith is quick to point out that she did not receive the award in a vacuum, crediting the support she’s received from colleagues and the health department’s directors and, of course, her brother Tom. “My brother died unexpectedly August 6, 2015, the day after I got the award,” Smith said. “And I had told him prior to going to get the award that I felt it was for him. Our family, we are the people we are today because of him. He was just the most admirable person. Tom never complained, which is literally unbelievable because his life was hard.

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DOOR TO NATURE article and photography by Roy Lukes

Junipers Few people would sense a relationship between a species of juniper and the old-fashioned “two for a nickel” lead pencils, nor would they realize the importance of that same plant to Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

The light aromatic wood, used in the manufacture of pencils for many years, was derived from the Eastern Redcedar, Juniperus virginiana. Baton Rouge, named by French Canadians, means red stick in reference to the many redcedar trees native to that region. It is spelled as one word because it is not a true cedar.

It was John Muir, famous Wisconsin naturalist and one of my idols, who, in

a roundabout way, aroused my interest in this famous widely distributed tree. Muir set out on foot in the fall of 1867 from Jeffersonville, in northern Kentucky, for Cedar Key located along the northeastern gulf coast of Florida.

While there he worked briefly in a large redcedar mill, a part of one of the pencil factories in operation there.

The Eberhard-Faber and Eagle pencil companies maintained large plants there for many years until the supply of redcedar trees, originally thought to be “inexhaustible,” was depleted.

The Eastern Redcedar received its first scientific interest when botanical specimens were collected in the Virginia colony. Early settlers realized, as they

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moved westward, that this important tree grew throughout much of the eastern half of the U.S. to the Great Plains. Many pioneers, fresh from the city, quickly learned that this soft wood could be easily fashioned into a durable log house and that the wood was excellent for starting fires.

Even though it is a true juniper, it undoubtedly owes its cedar nickname to those early settlers who came from the Mediterranean region where the somewhat similar true cedars were plentiful. Redcedars prefer abandoned fields, gravelly slopes or glacial moraines, mineral soil, dryish sites, limestone outcroppings, and do especially well on south slopes or in

Left: Eastern Redcedar berries are eaten by many birds and will germinate much faster than those not consumed.

Right: 1 Redcedar needles are compact and scale-like. 2 Redcedars are pioneer invaders of cleared fallow fields.

3 Redcedars have a rich green color in summer and a rusty color in winter.

4 Common Junipers are also invaders of fallow fields and are usually a low spreading shrub. 5 Horizontal Juniper berries have the same dusty bloom on their surface. 6 Horizontal Juniper spreads by long narrow branches hugging the sandy soil. Photo by Charlotte Lukes.

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open sunlight. Locate a site possessing these characteristics and you’ll very likely find redcedars growing there.

Magnificent redcedar glades, pure stands of them, can be found in the hilly western part of Dane County. Another of my favorite sites in which to observe them is on the high flat-topped rocky cliffs in the Red Banks area, south of Dyckesville, along Highway 57. They grow there intermingled with Northern White Cedar, Thuja occidentalis, another lover of limey soil.

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Redcedars are extremely sensitive to fire. I have often wondered whether this comparatively dry site, high above the waters of Green Bay, escaped the Peshtigo Fire of 1871 which burned its way into northeastern Brown County and southern Door County.

Orchardists, especially those who grow apples, have for years been opposed to the introduction of redcedars into their region. Their main objection to its use is that it may be a bridging or alternate host for rust, referred to as the Cedar-apple Rust, which is known to attack various trees, especially apples.

A large-scale move by easterners to destroy redcedar trees years ago led to a favorite slogan, “Cedar or Cider!”

Juniper is a genus in the cedar or cypress family, Cupressaceae.

Juniperus comes from the Latin meaning “forever young.” There are more than 60 species in the northern hemisphere. A very abundant plant in Door County grows mainly as a large shrub. It is the Common Juniper, Juniperus communis. Its spiny, awllike needles are quite uncomfortable to

6 brush against while walking in a field covered with these plants. It can also grow in a woodland setting but prefers the sunny meadows. When you drive south on County Road A from Highway 42 you will see many of the Common Junipers in the higher sunny openings.

It thrives on rocky soils. The Common Juniper is the source of the berries (technically the cones) that are used to give gin its distinctive flavor.

Young berry-like cones are green at first but turn to a frosty dark blue or purplish-brown by autumn. Several birds are very fond of the fleshy pulp, especially the Cedar Waxwing that was in fact named in honor of this fine tree. Evening Grosbeaks,

Purple Finches, robins, Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers, bluebirds and even Tree Swallows consume the berries. The flesh of the berries is digested while the seeds pass through their digestive systems undamaged to be planted far and wide, particularly along roadways and fencerows where the birds have perched.

Another less conspicuous member of this genus is the Horizontal Juniper, Juniperus horizontalis, which can be found growing in sandy areas like The Ridges Sanctuary in Baileys Harbor.

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never getting very tall but spreading easily, making it a good ground cover. It is native to much of northern North America.

A distant cousin to the redcedar, the Incense Cedar, Calocedrus decurrens, has become the “Pencil Cedar” of the 20th century. Apparently better use is being made of this western tree through modern technology than with the gigantic four-foot-wide redcedars of the olden days when as much as 90 percent of each tree was wasted due to a few knots.

I have fond memories as a child in grade school, of cleaning out the pencil sharpeners and relishing the wonderful “perfume” of the redcedar wood of which the pencils were made.

As much as I desire to plant some redcedars on our land, I would much sooner honor the apple growers nearby. I will be content to admire these “pencil trees” with a tip of my hat to John Muir, in their native environments, Red Banks in eastern Wisconsin, Dane County or Cedar Key, Florida.

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HISTORY by Myles Dannhausen Jr.

Steve Kastner grooms the one-mile loop cross-country ski trail at the Omnibus. Photo submitted by Steve Kastner.

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If you spend enough offseason happy hours at the Bayside or AC Tap, or work enough shifts at Husby’s or the Bowl, you’ll hear a lot of stories about the old days of Northern Door, and those old days will almost always be better than today.

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You’ll hear about a time before people realized that it might be a good idea to be able to breathe the air inside a building, when many a man’s go-to move was to offer to light a woman’s cigarette at the bar, and the mark of a good bartender was keeping a clean ash tray.

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You’ll hear people talk about crazy nights dancing at the Florian in Baileys Harbor and wonder if they’re talking about the same place you’re picturing in your mind. You’ll hear about the old Husby’s, when the bar was half the size and beer was a quarter. You’ll hear about bands at The Rock version 1.0, and about the lean of the Peninsula Pub before the fire straightened it out.

And eventually they’ll tell you about a place called the Omnibus, which sounds like anything but a bar, but was that and many other things from 1972 through the early 1980s.

“The Omnibus was the place to go,” recalled Digger DeGroot, who was a young actor and bartender when a hippie named Steve Kastner bought the old Nor Ski Ridge and opened the Omnibus there in 1972. “It was very ’70s. Ladies in long dresses, guys with long hair, kind of a communal feel.”

It was located at the bottom of the ski hill, about a mile south of Fish Creek, where the Little Sweden development stands today. Kastner bought the ski hill and lodge out of foreclosure to house the bicycle and cross-country ski shop he had started out on County Road F in Fish Creek, and began booking jazz bands.

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So he switched to popular music and began booking up-and-coming acts from Chicago, Milwaukee and Madison. The scene created in this bar at the bottom of the hill and the edge of the woods was perfectly in tune with a revolution taking place in the peninsula’s art scene. Artists, hippies and adults frustrated with the corporate grind were leaving the nation’s cities and going back to the land. For a few hundred in the Upper 36 door county living

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area were drawn to the peninsula, pulled here in part by the meandering journey.

Above: Steve Kastner and Dan Christl haul logs for the Omnibus fireplace.

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Midwest, that meant going to Door County. Many of them soon packed the Omnibus, in awe of the talent Kastner put on stage nearly every night of the week.

“Steve was way ahead of his time bringing the quality of live music to Door County that he was bringing,” said Steve Glabe, an Omnibus regular at the time.

An upstart band from Milwaukee called The BoDeans played there, Kegbelly got wild there, and Sweet Bottom would rattle the place with the occasional appearance from Daryl Stuermer, the touring guitarist from Phil Collins’ band Genesis.

A young pat mAcdonald played early gigs there, as did Uncle Vinty and the X-Cleavers, Corky Siegel, and local legends like the Booze Brothers Revue, Marvin and the Dogs, and Tony Brown.

But before them all, Sigmund Snopek gave Kastner’s vision legitimacy.

“He was one of the reasons the place survived,” Kastner said.

“We played The Rock in 1967 and we were just struck by the beauty of the place and the mindset of the people in Door County,” Snopek said. “When [The Rock] closed, we were looking for another place to play up there and found the Omnibus. It was a tremendous place to play original music. People were really open-minded, you had all these young artists and creativity. It was a magical thing. We looked forward to it as one of the highlights of our year.”

Snopek wasn’t the only musician in awe of the place. Soon major acts from throughout Wisconsin and the Chicago

“Back then, there was no highway,” Snopek said. “It could take five hours to get there from Milwaukee. You had to go through all these little towns, Sheboygan, Two Rivers, Algoma. The remoteness of it made it feel special, too. It was really like going to another country.”

At the end of the road, they found a ramshackle combination of buildings pieced together through the years.

The old ski chalet was attached to an A-frame, originally built as a roadside sign, that became a defining characteristic of the bar. Inside were cozy nooks walled with rough-hewn cedar and warmed by five wood-burning stoves and, in back, soaring windows framed the ski hill behind the bar, ringed by a massive deck.

“There was no other place like it,” Glabe says. “It was a gathering place when other bars were drinking places.

There were plants, big windows, a lot of natural light. You’d hang out playing backgammon and Risk.”

Unlike many bars that earned their loyalists by never changing, the Omnibus earned its patrons by virtue of being a perennial work in progress.

Kastner was an owner long on ideas and a little short on execution.

“Steve was always adding something,” Glabe says, doubtful that it was always permitted, but in 1970s Door County there weren’t many who cared if it was.

“He always had another idea. He was a guy who was good at a lot of things, but not truly great at them.”

“I moved here from Illinois right out of college in 1970,” Kastner said. “I was a summer kid up ‘til then and just wanted to live here year round. The first couple of years the snow was up to our eyebrows. One year I lived on less than $500. We grew all of our food, rode our bikes. It was the whole hippy dream. I had no plan to be a businessman.”

Kastner was “this hippy selling bikes out of a barn in Fish Creek,” as he remembered. Cycling was gaining popularity, and Kastner said his Winter 2015/2016 37

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And years before cross country ski trails zig-zagged through the county’s state parks, Kastner built a one-mile loop lighted cross-country ski trail on his land.

“Herbie Hardt was the first guy who thought to use the old horse trails for cross country skiing,” Kastner said. “Back then it was maybe me, Al Johnson and Roy Lukes who had cross country skis.”

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“You’d have a beer, then go out and ski a lap in the night,” Glabe says. “It was incredible.”

In the summer, Kastner brought pro cycling to the county for races and organized impromptu local races as well, years before anyone used the phrase “silent sports” as a marketing tagline.

The innovations earned a dedicated following, but not everyone loved the place. After a couple of seasons, Kastner sold the unprofitable ski lift, marking the end of the Nor Ridge Ski Hill and earning the ire of many locals.

“It was tough to make money on a ski hill back then,” DeGroot recalls.

“Snow-making equipment wasn’t what it is today, and the hill faced the wrong way. It was designed facing west, so the snow melted every day.

Plus, there wasn’t much open up here back then besides the Bayside and the gas station. There weren’t too many winter visitors. After Labor Day you could sit naked in front of the Bayside and nobody would notice.”

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“Probably half the county resented him for closing the hill,” Glabe says.

“People hated me because I was the guy who tore Nor Ski down,” Kastner recalls.

“But it was never profitable. I didn’t want to sell the lift, but it was the only way to survive.”

Had the hill faced east, and had it lasted another 10 years to see the explosion of snowboarding in the winter and mountain biking in the summer, perhaps it would still be ferrying people up the hill. Door County will never know.

It’s a testament to what did survive, however, that so many still look back on the Omnibus so fondly. While many of Kastner’s sidelights have faded from memory, the bar and the wild nights had there have not.

“It was a pretty loose affair as far as permissiveness,” Kastner recalled.

“As long as people did whatever they did discreetly, we didn’t police them.

In nine years, we didn’t have one bar fight. There would be 300, 400 people dancing, partying, and at the end of the night, somehow people got home safely.”

“The whole culture changed.”) and the peninsula was changing, becoming more polished with less room for quirks and characters. In the midst of this, Kastner battled his own personal hurdles.

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“My whole life blew up in 1982,” he said.

“My mom died of cancer. My dad, who was my business partner, was lost. My second wife was having an affair with my bartender.”

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“The Omnibus ended kind of with the end of an era,” DeGroot said. “Cross country skiing had been huge, but it died for a while. Steve turned off some locals when he shut down the ski hill.

Bands got expensive, and the party atmosphere changed.”

By the fall of 1982, Kastner and his dad decided to sell, and a month later they accepted an offer.

The Omnibus existed for a couple more years, but it wasn’t the same, for better or worse. Eventually the building was offered to the Gibraltar Fire Department to burn in a training exercise, and with it, a remnant of Door County lore was gone.

“It was such a laid-back place,” Glabe says. “And as much as I respect and love our local musicians, it was really incredible to be sitting in a Fish Creek bar and see the music he would bring up here.”

DeGroot said the demise of the Omnibus left a huge hole in the music scene for years.

But as it goes for so many bars, the glory days didn’t last. By the early 1980s the bar scene was changing (“When Reagan became president, the country became a lot more conservative,” Kastner said.

So do a generation of folks who remember a bar that was very much a reflection of the changing sensibility of the peninsula.

“It was sad to see it go,” Snopek said, pausing. “I still miss it.”

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Survival The secret lives of animals in winter足

by Laurel Duffin Hauser

illustrations by Ryan Miller

Sinclair Lewis opined that “winter is not a season, it’s an occupation.”

Considering all the work that goes into it, there’s little doubt he’s right. Woodpiles require stacking, storm windows need installing, and winter gear must be unearthed from the back of dark closets to ascertain if last year’s boots still fit and mittens still have their match.

Winter. Love it or hate it, every being needs a strategy to survive it.

From the smallest insect to the largest mammal, we are seasonal creatures, hard-wired to detect the subtle cues in our environment that warn us winter is on its way. One morning we’ll notice it’s darker than it used to be when the alarm goes off; the days are getting shorter.

Red- and gold-tinged maple leaves have appeared to frame our favorite stretch of Highway 42. A slight shift in the wind at an August picnic makes us sit up and take notice. These signs and others like them presage the tilting of the earth’s axis away from the sun. Winter is coming. Beware. Be prepared.

Homo sapiens are not the only ones frantically bidding adieu to the lazy, hazy days of summer; all around us, seen and unseen, members of the animal world are doing the same.

Adapt. Hibernate. Migrate.

As we learned in grade school science classes, animals that live in northern climates enlist three main strategies for winter survival: they adapt (alter their bodies, habitat or lifestyle to tough it out), they hibernate (go into an altered state of dormancy until it’s over), or they migrate (get out of Dodge).

By engaging in a bit of zoomorphism, we can recognize adaptors, hibernators and migrators among our own clan. Uncle Chet grows a beard each November and gleefully waxes his skis. Colleague Janet stocks her tea tin or liquor cabinet, ups her intake of carbs and falls into a down quilt-covered bed with the New York Times’ “Top 100 Classics to Read Before You Die” list. And neighbors Bob and Alice are halfway to Florida by the time Ephraim changes its winter speed limit back to 35 mph.

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Every creature finds its own way to make it through the months between the autumnal and vernal equinox.

Award-winning author and biologist Bernd Heinrich has spent a good part of his career thinking about this issue.

He concludes that we’re all — humans and animals alike — engaged in the same struggle and it’s rather a simple one: “…the problem of surviving winter is…how to keep from freezing and have enough energy left after paying heating costs.”

Following are just a few of the inventive ways animals around us meet the challenge.

HUDDLING TOGETHER FOR WARMTH NORTHERN FLYING SQUIRREL GLAUCOMYS SABRINUS Although flying squirrels may sound like the stuff of myths — like the snipes hunted at Girl Scout camp or the hodags of Rhinelander — these woodland acrobats actually exist and are as active in the winter as they are in the summer. You won’t see them, however, ’til after dark.

The Northern Flying Squirrel is, in reality, a glider. It uses the patagium, a loose flap of skin that stretches from ankle to wrist along each side of its body, to gracefully catapult from tree to tree. Its tail acts as rudder and brake. Those who live near hardwoods can illuminate their birdfeeders, pull up a chair, and see quite a show. With any luck at all, a tiny parachute of fur, roughly nine inches square, will come floating out of the darkness.

Mike Grimm, conservation ecologist with The Nature Conservancy’s Door County office, recalls evenings at the Stratosphere Supper Club in Green Bay as a child. While

adults talked, he watched a nighttime circus of flying squirrels glide in to feed on corncobs strategically nailed to the trees outside the club windows.

While the Northern Flying Squirrel’s mode of transportation helps it efficiently collect and store the nuts, seeds, mushrooms and bird eggs it needs to survive the winter, gliding also presents a challenge. Unlike the common gray squirrel, the Northern Flying Squirrel cannot build up winter fat; it must remain lean and fit all winter long.

Without a layer of fat, how does it stay warm? As soon as the temperature drops, friends and family gather together in a communal nest. The further north a squirrel lives, the greater the size of its winter household. Lumberjacks tell of felling den trees and watching an estimated 50 individual squirrels scurry for new shelter.

“A large part of adapting to the winter world involves creating a suitable microclimate.”

— Bernd Heinrich, Winter World

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CLOTHES MAKE THE MAN…AND THE ERMINE ERMINE MUSTELA ERMINEA When wearing its brown fur coat in spring, summer and fall, the forest’s smallest, ferocious carnivore is a weasel or stoat. Come the beginning of November, however, when it swaps out its wardrobe for all white, it becomes the ermine. The ermine’s white fur (long coveted as an adornment for kings and queens) is the perfect choice for winter. Not only does it help the ermine sneak up on prey, it also helps it hide from predators. A black dot on the tip of its tail and its black nose help confuse

and frustrate the red fox, coyotes, owls and hawks that hunt it.

The ermine is a member of the mustelids, a family that includes skunk, mink and fishers. Mustela translates to “one who carries off mice.” Mice and voles are an abundant winter food source and the ermine is adept at hunting them in the tunnels they dig in the snow. With sharp front teeth designed to pierce the brains of animals many times its size, the ermine will also attack rabbits, another plentiful source of winter food.

“Late in Autumn, cold wind blows, Some animals grow fur, some go to sleep, and some just go; Stomachs are hungry, and brains say don’t wait, There’s more food further south, it’s time to migrate.”

— Bill Brennan, lyrics to “Migrate, Hibernate, Adapt”

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A WHISTLE PIG BY ANY OTHER NAME WOODCHUCK MARMOTA MONAX Woodchucks — also known as groundhogs, marmots and whistle pigs — are hibernators who survive the winter by building up an impressive supply of fat. In late summer and early fall, these vegetarians become obsessed with eating and may consume a third of their body weight each day. They turn the excess calories into fat cells — both white for insulation and brown for body heat production.

When the time comes for them to retire to their elaborately and expertly engineered burrows, they literally drag their bellies on the ground to do so. Once ensconced in their labyrinth, they seal the entrance with dirt and begin to live off their fat reserves. To make these reserves last through their long winter nap, their breathing rate drops from 2,100 to 10 breaths per hour and their heart rate drops from 80 beats per minute to just four or five. Researchers believe that the woodchuck and other hibernators awake briefly and occasionally to exhale the toxins that build up in their systems while they’re dormant. Although the world expects an appearance from groundhogs on February 2nd, they won’t typically emerge until a reliable food supply is available to support spring mating.

AS COZY AS A FROG IN A LOG NORTHERN SPRING PEEPER PSEUDACRIS CRUCIFER Spring peepers are a welcome sign of spring in Door County. While we marvel at the voluminous cacophony of their mating calls, we should also marvel at how these small frogs have just spent the winter — frozen solid!

Northern spring peepers, like other amphibians, are ectothermic; their internal body temperature is regulated by the external environment. In late fall, they tuck themselves into leaf litter or log crevices and begin a process that sounds almost folkloric. The moment a huddling frog is touched by just one ice crystal, its body turns to ice. Its heart stops beating for days or even weeks, it stops breathing, and its kidneys shut down. According to some naturalists, holding a frog in this state is like holding a rock.

“No animal, according to the rules of animal-etiquette, is ever expected to do anything strenuous, or heroic, or even moderately active during the off-season of winter.”

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The Hine’s Emerald Dragonfly, once thought to be extinct, gets a lot of well-deserved attention in Door County. This small insect is responsible for attracting research and ecological restoration monies to groups like the Nature Conservancy, The Ridges Sanctuary, Crossroads at Big Creek, and the Door County Land Trust. That’s because the Hine’s Emerald Dragonfly can only exist in a very specialized microclimate — i.e. spring or seep-fed streamlets just a few centimeters deep that are clean and cool and dry for part of each year. These shallow streamlets must be underlain by limestone bedrock (dolomite).

Hine’s Emerald Dragonflies, with their emerald green eyes, live two to four years in the larval stage and must, therefore, find a way to overwinter. When the water they live in begins to freeze, they do something that appears counterintuitive; they crawl into tunnels left by burrowing crayfish, a predator, and hibernate. The colder it gets, the deeper they go.

Coggin Heeringa, naturalist and director of Crossroads at Big Creek in Sturgeon Bay, says, “Imagine crawling into bed and falling asleep next to one of your arch enemies!”

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THE RETURN OF THE NATIVE AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN PELECANUS ERYTHRORHYNCHOS

Quick Glimpses into the Winter World of Wisconsin Wildlife • Ruffed Grouse tunnel into the snow to wait out a bad winter storm. When they emerge, they use fleshy nubs that grow on their toes in winter the same way we use snowshoes.

• Snowfleas, which aren’t fleas at all but insects called springtails, become active on warm winter days. If it looks like a giant pepper shaker emptied itself in your yard, take another look and you’ll see the pepper specks move!

• Raccoons do their mating in the dead of winter, with the polygamous male visiting multiple monogamous females.

• White-tailed Deer and other hoofed animals have a hard time moving in deep snow and restrict their movement to small, packeddown areas called “yards.”

• Opossums do not hibernate. A bit out of their natural range in Wisconsin, they will sometimes lose the tips of their tails and ears to frostbite.

• Red-headed Woodpeckers revisit crevices in old barns and fence posts to find the bugs they tucked away months before.

When the American White Pelican, with its unmistakable prehistoric profile and nine-foot wingspan, appeared in the skies of Wisconsin a decade or so ago, it was an anomaly. A breeding colony had been known to exist in the 1880s (on Pelican Lake in Oneida County), but the pelican had been absent from Wisconsin for more than 100 years.

Naturalists attribute its disappearance to a combination of human factors — hunting, insecticide use and loss of habitat. According to Department of Natural Resources wildlife biologist Jeff Pritzl, the fact that they’re back is “an ecological success story.”

American White Pelicans are highly social birds that live in colonies with hundreds and even thousands of nesting pairs. They help each other fish for the three to four pounds they eat per day, herding small, mostly noncommercially valued fish into pools near shore. These ponderous creatures with their black-tipped wings and ballet-like thermal surfing moves provide one of the pleasures of summer. Come fall, however, they leave us behind and begin their annual migration south to open waters along the Gulf Coast and Pacific Coasts. By the time our lakes and rivers freeze, they’re delighting wildlife lovers elsewhere.

Sources America’s Favorite Backyard Wildlife, Kit and George Harrison. New York, New York: Simon and Schuster, 1985.

Mammals of the Great Lakes Region, Allen Kurta. Ann Arbor, Michigan: The University of Michigan Press, 1995.

Winter World: The Ingenuity of Animal Survival, Bernd Heinrich. New York, New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 2003.

Wit & Wisdom of the Great Outdoors, Jerry Wilber. Duluth, Minnesota: PfeiferHamilton Publishers, 1993.

Woodchucks: Their Ecology and Control, Scott Craven and Stuart Keith. Madison, Wisconsin: University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents, 1996.

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When you live on an island that requires traversing a stretch of water known as Death’s Door, it’s a balm to the mind to know there is a “lifeline” to get you back and forth safely.

The word “lifeline” was invoked several times by speakers at a fall ceremony to honor the Washington Island Ferry Line’s 75 years of service to the residents of and visitors to Washington Island. Dick Purinton, who spent 40 years with the ferry service and took over running the company from his father-in-law and company co-founder Arni Richter, pointed out at the ceremony that it takes a good group of dedicated people and supportive government to keep that lifeline running. Dick has passed the company reins on to his son Hoyt, who serves as president of the ferry line, as well as captain.

At the height of the summer tourism season, ferry captains and crews make up to 25 round-trip voyages a day. That drops to two daily roundtrips in the treacherous winter season when high winds, ice and snow complicate matters. No matter the conditions, day in, day out, the Washington Island Ferry Line always delivers its cargos of people, vehicles and goods safely to their destinations.

We asked Dick to give us an overview of the first 75 years of the Washington Island Ferry Line. He also writes regularly about the ferry line and Washington Island culture on his blog Ferry Cabin News, which you can find here: ferrycabinnews. blogspot.com. Dick is also the author of several books — Words On Water: A Ferryman’s Journal; Bridges Are Still News; Poem, Prose & Image: Lines and Form; and Thordarson and Rock Island. Learn more about them at his website, richardpurinton.com.

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arly ferry service to and from Washington Island began with the rise in popularity of the automobile and freight truck.

By 1917, improved roads connected Door County’s northernmost tip with Sturgeon Bay and beyond.

The island’s freighting operators of the day realized an opportunity awaited them and competition sprang up to provide this new service of ferrying cars, passengers and freight between Washington Island and the nearest harbors on the Door Peninsula. Few succeeded more than a season or two, except for Captain William Jepson, who continued his ferry service by expanding docks and piers to accommodate the increasing motor vehicle trade.

Jepson operated two wooden ferries.

The ferry Welcome was 65 feet in length, built by Rieboldt & Wolter in Sturgeon Bay in 1929, and it was constructed specifically for use as an island car and passenger ferry. The North Shore was also 65 feet long, built by Burger Bros. of Manitowoc for William J. Lawrie of Milwaukee in 1930 and later sold to Jepson.

On the mainland, Jepson began with landings in Ellison Bay, but he soon made Gills Rock his primary peninsula port. Northport was developed in the late 1920s by extending a wooden crib pier from shore. This pier became an outlet on days when Gills Rock landings were impossible due to high westerly or northerly winds. On Washington Island, Jepson shifted ferry landings in 1931

Left: Carl Godfrey Richter, co-founder with his son, Arni Richter, began his sailing career at 15 as a cook on a sailing ship out of Detroit Harbor. Photo courtesy of the Washington Island Ferry Line Archives.

from the Gislason dock near the East Channel to Lobdell Point in the West Channel, and that’s where the island ferry dock and terminal are today.

Despite the new and improved transportation Jepson’s specialized ferries offered, their wooden hulls couldn’t withstand the rigors of winter’s ice. This meant that for at least three or four months in winter there was no ferry service. During that time island residents either remained on the island, or they had to chance crossing over the unstable Death’s Door ice.

As 1939 rolled around, and with more than 20 years of ferry service and vessel freighting behind him, Jepson considered establishing a new ferry route across Green Bay, from Sturgeon Bay to Marinette-Menominee. He was serious enough to announce it in the local papers and have preliminary plans drawn for a new 100-foot vessel for that route.

At about the same time, two island men were considering expanding their own limited fishing ferry service. Carl Richter and his son, Arni, worked in the fishing trade — Carl as a commercial fisherman and Arni as a fish wholesaler.

Those connections led to providing a transportation service in 1932 for the island’s fishermen in winter, hauling their catch packed in ice in wooden boxes from Detroit Harbor to a waiting truck at the tip of the Door Peninsula.

In order for the Richters to compete, they needed a larger and better vessel.

Carl and Arni also drew up conceptual

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plans for a new ferry. At this juncture the two parties came together and agreed upon a sale of Jepson’s company to the Richters, effective April 11, 1940.

On that date Washington Island Ferry Line officially started business, with Carl and Maggie, and Arni and Mary Richter as principals.

In addition to the two ferries, purchase of Jepson’s business included docks, a Ford Model T with snow tracks for crossing ice in winter, a small office building, and assorted pieces of shore equipment, in addition to the two wooden ferries.

Operating as the Washington Island Ferry Line, the Richters continued Jepson’s established, scheduled service, transiting Death’s Door passage in the non-ice months, and crossing over the ice by vehicle or on foot, when necessary, in winter months.

Carl was 62 when the Washington Island Ferry Line was established, and would remain active as a ferry captain into his early 80s. He died in 1964.

Arni, at age 29 when the company was formed, was active in the ferry business for the rest of his life. Although he “officially” retired at 91, Arni remained

Left: Captain Bill Jepson was one of several freight transportation operators who responded to the times by carrying cars and passengers, too. Jepson began his ferry service in 1919, gradually building his business until he sold to Carl and Arni Richter in 1940. Above: North Shore, seen here in the early 1940s, was one of Captain Jepson’s ferries with a wooden hull, but it continued in island service for the Richters until 1950, when the C. G. Richter was built. Photos courtesy of the Washington Island Ferry Line Archives.

vitally interested in company activities until his death in December 2009, just a few months short of 99 years of age.

Today, several generations of family members are shareholders, and Arni’s grandson, Hoyt Richter Purinton, is company president.

MILESTONES IN ISLAND FERRY TRANSPORTATION My involvement began in late 1974, following college and a four-year hitch as a U. S. Navy quartermaster. Arni, who was also my father-in-law, hired me as a deckhand. From that point forward, I gradually gained experience working on the ferries, in addition to the daily business routine and gradual assimilation into island life and living. I received my U. S. Coast Guard captain’s papers in 1976.

Looking back on my own service with the ferry line in the past 40 years, and by comparing my experiences with the time period preceding my involvement, there are certain events, projects and decisions that stand out as noteworthy milestones.

In this subjective exercise, I’ve tried to consider both the positive impact on the ferry line as a business, but more importantly, what those improvements meant for the general public, and an island community that relies on safe, dependable, year-round ferry service.

Following, then, are four milestones that brought great impact to ferry transportation in the past 75 years.

Since one project or decision generally builds on previous accomplishments and leads to others, there is no single “top” milestone. Rather, there are steps that lead toward overall service improvement, a continually moving target.

FERRY GRIFFIN, 1946 The dilemma of no winter ferry service remained unresolved for many years, even after Jepson sold his business.

In a tragedy on March 10, 1935, Mary (Cornell) Richter’s brother, John, was one of six young men who drowned when their car broke through thin ice in Death’s Door. It was an accident that begged improved winter ferry service.

But because of our nation’s efforts to wage war during World War II, it wasn’t until 1946 that the steel-hulled Griffin was built by Krause Kraft of Kewaunee, Wisconsin. Designed by Sturgeon Bay naval architect Walter Haertel, this was the only Richter ferry to be constructed outside of Door County.

Sturdily built, the Griffin became the first island ferry capable of winter ice breaking. A single, 180-horsepower Kahlenberg diesel provided the propulsion power and, yet, this was a major step forward in winter transportation, all but eliminating the

need to cross over ice to reach the mainland.

Named for LaSalle’s sailing vessel that loaded furs in this area in 1679, the Griffin became a primary summer vessel, too, and remained in service

Building on experience gained with the Griffin, a second steel ferry, the C. G. Richter (70 feet by 25 feet) — named for Carl Godfrey Richter — was constructed in 1950, also from Walter Haertel blueprints, at Sturgeon Bay Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company.

as an island ferry until 1971. Then, the Anderson Transit Company of Washington Island converted the Griffin into a combination tanker/ freighter. Eventually, in 1981, when an underwater electric cable was laid

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between Northport and the island, the Griffin was rendered obsolete as an oiler, because much of the oil carried had fed the diesel power generators at the Island Electric Co-operative. The Griffin was then sold to a Chicago owner.

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This ferry featured an improved deck layout over the Griffin, with a slightly larger passenger cabin. Initially, twin Murphy engines provided increased maneuverability over a single screw, but in 1971 it was converted to a single diesel with single propeller for winter ice service. The steel ferries Griffin and C. G. Richter enabled phase-out of the earliest wooden ferries, and they advanced both vessel safety and capacity.

FERRY VOYAGEUR, 1960 This open-deck ferry was also a Walter Haertel design. Though still 65 feet in length, the beam was stretched to 35 feet with multiple lanes for vehicles, and

Left: During the 1950s when the tourism trade slacked off after Labor Day, potatoes and fish were hauled to Sturgeon Bay and Marinette. This is the Griffin, loading island potatoes for such a run. Above: The ferry Voyageur, built in 1960 at Sturgeon Bay Shipbuilding & Dry Dock, was the first with open deck space sufficient to carry larger trucks and equipment, vital to Washington Island’s growth. It is shown here with the first semi truck transported across the Door. Photos courtesy of the Washington Island Ferry Line Archives.

its twin engines and propeller shafts provided greater maneuverability.

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Perhaps the greatest attribute was the Voyageur’s ample foredeck that could now accommodate semis or large pieces of farm equipment or stone crushers.

Paving of the island’s gravel roads, for example, became one benefit. This similar design, when enlarged, led to later ferries with similar characteristics: the Eyrarbakki, constructed at Bay Shipbuilding in 1970; and Robert Noble, built at Peterson Builders, Inc., in 1979.

What began as a crib-and-stone projection at the tip of the peninsula in the late 1920s was expanded over many decades, finally encased in steel and cement, and then extended outward in 1982 by 70 feet. This pier that jutted into Death’s Door had to withstand not only breaking seas, but also fields of moving ice.

Automobile and truck traffic, campers and recreational boat trailers continued to increase during an expansion of Door County’s tourism economy in the latter decades of the 20th century. By 2000, after 40 years of service, the Voyageur’s rather short foredeck and single bow ramp became outdated. Shortly after the ferry Arni J. Richter was commissioned in 2003, the Voyageur was sold to Shoreline Marine of Chicago. Chicago’s visitors today may ride the Voyageur, remodeled as a platform for Chicago River excursions and architectural tours.

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Once the pier was lengthened, adjustable steel ramps were added to ease ramp angles when loading vehicles and accommodate a variety of lake levels. A permanent change in the primary landing for Washington Island ferries shifted from Gills Rock to Northport in 1984, following pier extensions and improvements. This new location — formerly used mostly in winter — shaved 10 minutes from each ferry crossing, or approximately 630 hours of running time in the 3,800 oneway annual trips.

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In many ways, the long-awaited breakwater built in 1994 to surround the Northport Pier was as critical to safety and improved ferry service as any single vessel, because this protection assured safe landing during high winds and seas. Ferry crossings were possible during conditions when formerly service would have been suspended. The encircling arms of stacked stones also had mass to stop or deflect winddriven ice fields that slid through the Door passage.

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The breakwater not only brought greater certainty to ferry landings in adverse sea conditions, but on days with moderate wind conditions landings could be made on either side of the pier, with two ferries loading simultaneously, all leading to quicker and more efficient service.

FERRY ARNI J. RICHTER, 2003 This is the newest, longest and most powerful ferry in the fleet. Named for founder Arni Richter, this Tim Graul Marine-designed vessel features a sturdy hull structure for breaking ice, tugboat-like horsepower, stainless steel ice-class propellers, wide decks and wide ramp openings, several heated (or air conditioned) cabins, and a passenger observation deck for summer seating and viewing.

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The superior ability of the Arni J. Richter as an icebreaker brought an increase to two scheduled round trips per day.

Crossing times remained comparable to summer sailing, dayin, day-out, with very infrequent delays or cancellations of service. The Arni J. Richter’s deck capacity doubled that of the winter ferry it replaced, the C. G. Richter, in turn helping to relieve winter’s transportation log-jam.

A wide main deck and longer vehicle lanes enabled the transport of semis and other large vehicles, winter as well as summer. For the first time in winter, island businesses could receive products in bulk tankers such as propane, heating oil and gasoline. Even the island’s trash and recyclables, formerly restricted to shipment by truck in non-ice months, could now be transported when the large bins reached capacity.

The Arni J. Richter ferry has demonstrated premier icebreaking capabilities since placed in service, operating daily during a time of year when very few vessels find it prudent or profitable. Built to federal vessel design and construction standards, and inspected and certified by the U. S. Coast Guard for passenger and vehicle service, as are all of the Washington Island ferry vessels, this ferry is now in its 12th year of operation.

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Growing the Holiday Spirit Ken Ottman fits the role of selling Christmas trees. His big white beard surrounds an everlasting smile that pairs with big-bellied laughter at the sound of his own jokes. Every season, as the holiday approaches, Ottman and his family spend more time in Door County doing the fun part of tree farming.

“The retailing part is fun,” said Ottman.

“It’s fun to help families, to see them smile when they find the perfect tree.

It’s a happy business.”

In the Midwest we are primed to think of farms as places of crop fields, livestock and big red barns.

It is the land where we cultivate the commodities that we use to sustain ourselves. After the decay of fall, their use falls dormant until spring when it starts all over again.

But there is another kind of farm that steals the spotlight in this agriculture offseason and it takes just as much work to cultivate.

“I like to say that if we made minimum wage for all of those hours that we spent, I would be tickled to death,” said Ottman between laughs. “The growing of the Christmas trees is just work.”

Photo: Len Villano.

The 40-acre plot at Ottman’s Fir Farm in Fish Creek has been in the family for more than 100 years. Living in Milwaukee, the family wasn’t going to be in the county frequently enough to grow traditional Door County cherries so Ken’s parents, Herb and Dorothy, planted 15,000 fir trees when they got the land from their parents.

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started to bring their entire Christmas tree operation in house by growing the trees on their own land. As a painting contractor, Herb needed something to do in the month before Christmas, a time when the painting business died down.

“Using the paints that they were using right after World War II, nobody wanted you in their house right before Christmas because it reeked,” said Ken. “It was all oil-based paints and nobody wanted their house painted just before Christmas.”

By selling Christmas trees, Herb could fill out his year with good work and a little extra cash.

At this time, 10-year-old Ken began helping with the business throughout the year. He believes it played a role in his education in forestry and career in urban and residential forestry. All through his life he has seen the life cycle of his Christmas trees ending with some twine on the top of a car filled with smiling people.

This life cycle is not only a long process, taking approximately 15 years from seedling to full maturation, but a labor intensive one as well.

“Different species of trees grow at different rates and have different soil requirements and we’ve made our share of mistakes here in planting the wrong species at this site,” said Ken. “One year I remember we planted 5,000 trees and lost 5,000 trees,” referring to a drought that stunted the seedlings as soon as they hit the soil.

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After Christmas

Part of the wonder of cutting your own Christmas tree is the handson labor after scouring the field looking for the perfect one. But the number one rule of cutting your own tree is to come prepared.

The traditional way to recycle trees is sending them to the wood chipper and getting some mulch for the spring in return.

Some municipalities in the county provide free tree recycling after Christmas. But across the country, people have found other uses for old Christmas trees.

Saw: Chainsaws are not allowed on many choose-and-cut lots, but for the majority of trees, a normal handsaw will do the trick. Leave the ax at home as it will create a messy splintered base that you will struggle to fit in your tree stand at home.

Twine: Or anything that you can use to tie the tree to your car, such as a bungee cord.

Soil erosion barriers: New Jersey used thousands of Christmas trees to help restore the ocean-side sand dunes after Hurricane Sandy.

The old trees help build the dunes up to provide a natural barrier to potentially harmful weather coming across the water.

Fish feeders: Sinking the trees in a shallow pond can provide habitat and feeding areas for fish.

Each tree is hand-planted and Ken typically plants a couple thousand trees each year. Once the trees reach maturity, annual shearing of the branches, checking for insect and disease problems, and mowing the

Tarp: Trees can dry out quickly once they are cut, especially in the cold winds on top of a vehicle.

Wrapping your tree in tarp can hold in some moisture until you get it home and watered. The longer you have to drive, the more this rule applies. This also serves to protect the paint and finish on top of your vehicle.

Left: Ken Ottman, arborist and urban landscaper, continues the family tradition started by his parents, Herb and Dorothy. Photo by Jackson Parr.

Top right: Baling a Christmas tree to get it ready for transport at the County H Tree Farm. Submitted photo.

Appropriate clothing: The busiest weekends for choose-and-cut operations tend to be immediately after Thanksgiving. Frequently, the days can still be warm enough to melt any snow that falls, creating a wet, muddy field. Bring good boots, jeans that can get a little dirty, and thick gloves to handle the tree while you cut.

Fertilizer: With local permission, you can burn your tree and spread the ashes on your home garden, providing nutrients to the soil.

Bird sanctuary: Standing the tree up in your backyard can serve as a large bird feeder, giving birds a place to shelter when they return in the spring. Just be sure to take the hooks, ornaments and tinsel off first.

Potpourri: Strip the branches of their needles and place them in brown paper bags where they will retain their woodsy scent.

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40-acre plot comprises most of the work. Ken and his family visit Door County about 20 weekends each year to maintain the site and get it ready for the whirlwind month before Christmas when local and visiting families come to cut their own Christmas trees.

The Christmas tree business is in decline with the expansion of artificial trees. The American Christmas Tree Association says that in the 94 million American households where Christmas trees are on display, 81 percent are artificial and only 19 percent are real trees.

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“Being in Door County like this, and Door County focusing on traditional Christmas themes, it fits,” said Ken. “It fits in with people going to gingerbread-decorated houses and inns.

The call back to a real tree seems to fit that up here. It seems this is what people want to have.”

After the final tree moves off the lot before Christmas and the last of the hot chocolate is gone, the Ottman family returns home and rests.

“We always said if there’s anything that we need to get done the first two weeks of January then we’re out of luck because we have no energy left,” said Ken. In the spring, he attends some Christmas tree grower meetings and before long, puts his order in for the next round of trees to be planted.

In the middle of April, he is back out there, driving a hole into the ground and dropping saplings one by one.

Ken doesn’t give much consideration to why he continues farming Christmas trees.

“If somebody were to ask me, ‘I’ve got 40 acres, I’d like to start a Christmas tree farm,’ I’d tell them to think about any other options before you plant Christmas trees. You really got to like what you’re doing.”

The mindless shearing is cathartic, the smiling families are infectious, and it has helped pay for his children’s college educations. It has provided a means for his family to work together and continue the legacy of Ken’s parents.

“My wife asked me how long are we going to do this and I said they’re probably going to have to drag me out of the field by my heels,” said Ken. “But we’re here in Door County. How bad can it be?”

Ottman’s Fir Farm is located at 9248 County Road A, east of Fish Creek. They are open weekends through Christmas from 10 am until dark. In Southern Door, the County H Tree Farm is open Wednesday through Sunday from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm beginning November 28th.

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What a Crock!

Of course a Jewish mother was behind the invention of the Crock-Pot. All hail Irving Naxon, a Chicago inventor who was inspired to create an electric pot to make a dish his Lithuanian mother described to him, a traditional Jewish stew that in the old days was cooked during Sabbath by letting the stew sit in a bakery oven for 24 hours.

Irving developed his slow-cooking invention — a ceramic pot heated by electric coils — in the late 1930s and gave it the unwieldy name of the Naxon Beanery All-Purpose Cooker. When Irving retired in 1971, the Rival Corp. bought the rights to the Naxon Beanery and changed its name to Crock-Pot, which, despite the name being used generically, means Crock-Pot is a registered trademark, so “If it doesn’t say Crock-Pot it’s not an original,” according to Sunbeam Products, which now owns the name. Rival still produces the devices, but now calls their products slow cookers.

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My first slow cooker — a Rival Crock-Pot — was given to me while I was still in college, working two jobs and trying to raise a three-year-old. It came in handy, knowing that I could pile a bunch of stuff into the crockpot in the morning, turn it on and know I’d have something warm to eat later in the day. But, often, I would return to a crock of hot mush — everything turned into a generic gloop that was sometimes overcooked on the bottoms and sides. The problem was that you turned it on and that was it.

There was no way to adjust the heat.

I left my Crock-Pot behind when I moved to Hawaii — just didn’t seem like the place for one-pot meals. But by the time I returned to the mainland, slow cookers had changed. Now there were temperature levels and electronic programming, and you could choose between the traditional round ceramic insert or a larger oval ceramic insert that could take a whole chicken.

Most importantly, cookbook writers began taking this cooking method seriously, which meant techniques were being developed to bring slow cooking to a new level. One of those cookbooks I use regularly is Not Your Mother’s Slow Cooker Cookbook by Beth Hensperger and Julie Kaufmann. I’ve also picked up some great techniques and tips for using a slow cooker from Cook’s Illustrated magazine and their PBS show America’s Test Kitchen.

Their greatest technique to giving deep character to a slow-cooked meal involves some stovetop prepping of ingredients before they go into the slow cooker.

Here are a couple of things to remember about slow cooking: • Fatty, cheaper cuts of meat work better than lean meats, which tend to toughen up in the slow-cook process.

• Browning red meats and sautéing vegetables add deeper flavors to the slow-cooked meal. Chicken does not require pre-browning.

• Add the high notes of the dish — herbs and citrus — toward the end of cooking or those flavors will be lost.

• If a recipe calls for pasta, add cooked pasta near the end of cooking or you will have pasta mush.

• Beans must be softened by soaking and/or boiling before combining with sugar or acidic ingredients because those ingredients have a hardening effect on beans.

• If making a rice dish, risotto and longgrain rice work best in slow cookers.

The following recipe began in my mind the night before as a chili when I put a third-pound each of dried kidney, pinto and Mayocobo beans to soak overnight.

But by the end of the improvisatory process of making the dish the next day with what I had on hand, I named it Stormy Day Stew.

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Stormy Day Stew 1 lb. dried beans (yields about 6 cups), or the equivalent in canned beans 2 cups chicken broth (I used frozen broth made from the remains of a whole chicken I cooked in the slow cooker several weeks before) 28 oz. can diced tomatoes 12 oz. tomato juice (I used frozen liquid I previously drained from several cans of diced tomatoes I used for pizza) 1 large onion, roughly chopped 4 cloves garlic, roughly chopped 3 stalks celery, chopped 1 lb. Cremini mushrooms, roughly chopped

2 jalapeño peppers, roasted, seeded and chopped 1 bag petite sweet carrots, roughly chopped 2 zucchini or yellow squash 1 Tbsp blackstrap molasses 1 bottle or can of beer (I used a bottle of Door County Brewing’s fall seasonal L’automne, but use whatever’s in your fridge) 4 ears of corn, cooked and stripped (or 1 lb. bag of frozen corn) 1/2 lb. Kielbasa sausage, sliced into thin rounds 1 bunch of spinach, chopped 1 bunch of cilantro, chopped 1 tsp smoked paprika

This begins the night before by soaking the dry beans. However, if you use canned beans, add them later during the cooking process so they do not turn to mush. After soaking all night, I then bring the beans to a boil and let them simmer until I have all the other ingredients ready to go into the slow cooker, just to make sure I don’t have crunchy beans in the end.

Place the jalapeños in a 350°F oven for about 10 minutes, then take the seeds out and chop.

Melt a tablespoon of butter in a skillet and sauté the chopped vegetables — carrots, onion, garlic, mushrooms and squash.

Place the vegetables, beans, broth, tomatoes and tomato sauce in the cooker. Add the molasses and beer, stir and turn to high for six hours. After three hours, cook the corn, cut it from the cob and add it to the pot (or add frozen corn).

At hour five, add the chopped spinach.

One-half hour before the timer goes off, stir in the chopped cilantro and smoked paprika.

Top with sour cream or shredded cheese.

You’ll note there is no salt in this recipe. I don’t feel it is necessary, but if you can’t live without salt, add it after the beans are fully cooked or you will end up with crunchy beans.

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Ice is Nice

With just a few hours notice on a freezing cold day, Steve Johnson, winemaker at Parallel 44 Vineyard & Winery in Kewaunee, will muster a cadre of friends, neighbors and wine enthusiasts to show up before dawn at the vineyard and pick grapes. Clad in parkas, snowpants, hats and boots, the workers pick frozen grapes to make ice wine, a rare vintage that produces a sweet, smooth, complex wine that has grown in popularity in recent years.

“Ontario is the biggest producer of ice wines, and produces the best known ones, including Inniskillin,” said Dede McCartney, owner of Madison Avenue Wine Shop in Sturgeon Bay, which carries several varieties of ice wine.

Producing ice wine depends on Mother Nature — in the U.S. grapes are required to be “frozen to the vine” for the wine to be designated as such. The grapes must also be handled carefully as the skins are split and can’t hold the fruit for long, and pressed quickly while still frozen.

“Here in Northeast Wisconsin, we definitely have the climate for making ice wine,” said Johnson. “I don’t see that changing anytime soon.”

“When we harvest, the grapes are like little rock-hard marbles. Ice separates from the sugar and acid, making a concentrate that yields a sweet juice,” said Johnson. Ice wine also takes longer to produce, due to a slower fermentation. After a November pressing, Parallel 44’s ice wine wasn’t released until July.

Parallel 44 has only been making ice wine for three of their 10 years, but the popularity of the wine and the excitement of the challenge have Johnson planning to grow the winery’s production.

“Last year we picked during the cold snap of late November at seven degrees Fahrenheit. That harvest made just 900 bottles, which were 80 percent sold by October. We’ll try to do double or triple that this year,” he said. The earlier grapes can be harvested, the better, resulting in less loss from birds and from the rot that inevitably causes grapes to fall off the vine.

Photo: Courtesy of Parallel 44 Vineyard & Winery.

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The first documented ice wines were made in Germany in the late 1700s, by accident — farmers had left fruit on the vine for animal fodder, and then discovered that the must from the grapes was pleasingly sweet. Still, pressing frozen grapes wasn’t practical on a large scale until pneumatic presses were in widespread use in the 1960s, which is when Canadian production of ice wine picked up.

In Canada, ice wine must be made with 72 hours of sustained temperatures 17 degrees or colder, making the U.S. requirement of “frozen grapes” less stringent.

But it’s not a risk that all local winemakers are prepared to take. Paul Santoriello, head winemaker at Door Peninsula Winery, has made ice wine in the past but said, “we probably won’t continue it. It’s just too risky, and there’s too much loss.”

Due to the difficulty of production and the scarcity of the product, ice wine is also pricey — $55 for a half-bottle of Parallel 44’s 2015 vintage, and $80 for a half-bottle of Inniskillin 2014 Riesling.

If you’re going to pay that much for wine, you’d better enjoy it. Perhaps it was the company I was in, but I’d never enjoyed a sweet wine as much as Parallel 44’s Ice Wine. Aromatic up front, balanced, with a multi-layered flavor expression because of the grapes’ lengthy time on the vine, the wine looked like gold in the glass and finished with a honey texture. To my surprise, ice wine’s alcohol level (unlike ice beer) is no higher than other whites, and our bottle disappeared faster than I would have liked.

Steve Johnson suggests serving ice wine chilled. “Some people like it with dessert,” he said, “and it would pair well with something nut-based.” The winery hosted a tasting and paired it with hard cheeses, which was very well received.

But above all, Johnson recommends ice wine served on its own.

“Pour it at a peaceful moment when you can really enjoy it,” he said.

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Lazy Morning Breakfast Hands down, my Aunt Rosemary made the best pancakes. When we were lucky enough to eat breakfast at her house it was memorable. She always had real maple syrup…we always had Mrs. Butterworth's (also special because the bottle was so cool). Her pancakes were thin and crispy on the edges, almost like crepes. I remember we would roll them up with powdered sugar, homemade jam, sometimes peanut butter, but always maple syrup, and eat them with our fingers. They were delicious.

I’ve never quite perfected Rosemary’s pancakes, however, I have learned to incorporate local Door County maple syrup into my pancake mornings. Maple syrup is easy to find at local markets, roadside stands, and some grocery stores. Winter seems to be the perfect time for pancakes, lazy mornings and family time.

My recipe for a winter morning: stay in your pajamas as long as you can, put on some music, perhaps a bit of jazz or one of my favorites, Greg Brown. Cozy up in the kitchen and start cooking.

Photo: Len Villano.

Frosty winter mornings are special; the world tends to slow down at this time of year. Acknowledge the stillness, fill your tummy with delicious homemade comfort food, and be grateful for the quiet times.

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Thank you to volunteers: Chris, Dan, Dennis, Gary, Norma, Rosemarie, Tammy, Sue 5 volunteers needed Sunday & Tuesday BY CHANCE Monday & Wednesday thru Saturday 10-4

The Best of Ireland and Beyond in

County Door Featuring:

Celtic Jewelry, Hand Knit Aran Sweaters, Wool Capes and Accessories, Belleek China and Irish Giftware

OPEN YEAR ROUND

www.omearasirish.com 3970 Main Street, Fish Creek, WI 54212 • 920.868.3528

Sales benefit developmentally disabled.

Door County Land Trust

Photo by Tom Barrie

Sturgeon Bay Ship Canal Nature Preserve

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O’Meara’s Irish House

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We Invite You to Join Our Efforts.

For directions to our nature preserves, and to make a contribution of support, please visit:

www.DoorCountyLandTrust.org

PO Box 65 • Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 • (920) 746-1359

ON YOUR PLATE

Pancake Recipe Makes 4 to 6 pancakes 1 1/2 cup flour 1/2 tsp salt 1 tsp baking powder 1/3 cup sugar 1 tsp cinnamon 1 cup milk

1/2 cup half and half 1 tsp vanilla 1 egg 2 Tbsp melted butter, extra for use when cooking

Mix all the dry ingredients together in a bowl.

In a separate bowl mix the milk, half and half, and vanilla together. Whisk in the egg and slowly add the melted butter (stir the batter quickly so the egg does not curdle from butter). Pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients. Stir until ingredients are mixed together (some lumps are okay).

Heat a skillet to medium, melt a little butter in the skillet. Pour some batter into the pan. Wait until small bubbles form and pop in the batter before you flip the pancake. Repeat until all batter has been used. I preheat the oven to 250°F and place the finished pancakes in the oven to keep them warm.

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Variations: • Sliced apples or bananas — add to the hot skillet and pour the batter over the apples.

• Berries — blueberries, raspberries, thimbleberries, etc. Add approximately one cup of frozen berries to the batter.

• Chocolate chips — sprinkle each pancake with chocolate chips before you flip in the pan.

Breakfast Sausage Makes 6 to 8 patties 1/2 pound of ground pork (bratwurst works in a pinch — remove the meat from the casing and proceed.

Approximately 3 brats = 1/2 lb.)

1 tsp dried parsley

1/2 tsp dried sage 1/2 tsp fennel seed 1/4 tsp garlic powder 1/4 tsp white pepper sprinkle of nutmeg 1 Tbsp maple syrup salt red pepper flakes, optional

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Mix ingredients together and build into onetablespoon patties. Heat a skillet (preferably cast iron) to medium high, pan sear the patties and flip once. Pan fry until they are cooked through, approximately eight to 10 minutes.

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RESTAURANT GUIDE

Restaurants are listed in alphabetical order by town. Information is subject to change.

Contact individual restaurants for hours of operation. Inclusion in this directory should not be considered an unqualified endorsement by Door County Living. Restaurants are encouraged to e-mail us with up-to-date information at: info@doorcountyliving.com.

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$5 – 10* $10 – 15* $15 – 20* $20* Full Bar Beer & Wine only Outdoor Seating available Kid’s Menu available Offering Breakfast Offering Lunch Offering Dinner Reservations Accepted Open during winter (hours may vary)

*price range based on average dinner entrée (if available)

BAILEYS HARBOR of homemade soups,

CARLSVILLE

AC Tap 9322 Hwy 57 (920) 839-2426 $LD T{

Bistro 42 5806 Hwy 42 (920) 743-9463 bistrofortytwo.com $$ L D JT{(

hosting your wedding salads, sandwiches, or special event at the burgers, steaks, and other Harbor Fish Market. entrees. Children’s menu Pasta Vino available. Family friendly.

7670 Hwy 57 Custard’s Last Stan (920) 839-1404 Bearded Heart Coffee 8080 Hwy 57 pastavinodc.com 8101 Highway 57 (920) 839-9999 $$$ L D ( (920) 421-3309 ${ PC Junction $BL{ DC Deli Corner of A & E Chives Restaurant 8037 Hwy 57 (920) 839-2048 8041 Highway 57 (920) 839-1361 $LD JT{ (920) 839-2000 $BLD JT{ Pen Pub chivesdoorcounty.com Florian II Supper Club County Hwys A & E $$$ L D ( 8048 Hwy 57 (920) 839-2141 Cornerstone Pub (920) 839-2361 $LD T{ & Restaurant $$ D J Sandpiper Restaurant at 8123 Hwy 57 Harbor Fish Market Maxwelton Braes (920) 839-9001 7670 Hwy 57 baileysharborcornerstone & Grille 8080 Hwy 57 (920) 421-4270 pub.com (920) 839-9999 $B J $$ B L D J T { harborfishmarket-grille The Blue Ox Coyote Roadhouse .com 8051 Hwy 57 3026 Cty E $$$$ B L D J T { ( (920) 839-2271 (920) 839-9192 A full service restaurant $LD { $$ L D J T { in the heart of Baileys Located on the Top Deck Harbor. Open seven shores of Kangaroo Restaurant & Bar days a week serving Lake, come enjoy the 1420 Pine Drive breakfast, lunch and beautiful view. We (920) 839-2331 dinner. We feature a offer a full-service bar, gordonlodge.com Traditional New England appetizers, lunch, dinner $$$$ B L D J { ( Lobster Boil every Wed., & dessert selections in Fri., Sat., and Sun. We Yum Yum Tree a relaxed, casual and have a full bar, seasonal 8054 Hwy 57 comfortable setting. pet friendly waterfront (920) 839-2993 Try our mouthwatering garden dining and $LDJ{ baby-back ribs or holiday buffets. Contact choose from a variety us for information about

Carlsville Roadhouse 5790 Hwy 42 (920) 743-4966 LD T Door County Coffee & Tea Co. 5773 Hwy 42 (920) 743-8930 doorcountycoffee.com $BLJT{

EGG HARBOR Bistro at Liberty Square 7755 Hwy 42 (920) 868-4800 libertySquareShops.com $$ B L D J { ( Buttercups Coffee Shop 7828 Hwy 42 (920) 868-1771 $BLD Carrington Pub & Grill 7643 Hillside Rd. (920) 868-3205 thelandmarkresort.com $$$ B L D J T { ( Visit the Carrington Pub & Grill for a relaxed and inviting atmosphere, as well as friendly and

Warm up with Swedish Pancakes this winter! attentive service. Located on the north side of the Landmark Resort property, the Carrington specializes in a great view, tasty food and a friendly crew.

Casey’s BBQ and Smokehouse 7855 Hwy 42 (920) 868-3038 caseysbbqandsmoke house.com $$ L D J T Galileo’s at Liberty Square 7755 Hwy 42 (920) 868-4800 libertysquareshops.com $$$ D ( Greens 'N Grains Deli 7821 Hwy 42 (920) 868-9999 greens-N-grains.com $BLJT{ The Greens 'N Grains Deli features a wonderful selection of vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free and raw food cuisine. In its sixth year, the deli also highlights a juice bar with freshly-pressed veggie juices, fruit smoothies, healthy bakery, a tea bar and organic coffees.

Hof Restaurant at the Alpine Resort 7715 Alpine Road (920) 868-3000 alpineresort.com $$$ B D J { ( Log Den 6626 Hwy 42 (920) 868-3888 thelogden.com $$ L D J T { ( MacReady Artisan Bread Company 7828 Hwy 42 (920) 868-2233 MacReadyBread Company.com $LDJT{ Mojo Rosa’s 7778 Hwy 42 (920) 868-3247 mojorosas-doorcounty .com $$ L D J T { ( Parador 7829 Hwy 42 (920) 868-2255 $$ D {( Schoolhouse Artisan Cheese Downtown Egg Harbor, next to Marina Park (920) 868-2400 $$ L D T{

Shipwrecked Brew Pub & Inn 7791 Hwy 42 (920) 868-2767 shipwreckedmicrobrew .com $$$ L D J T { Stonehedge Bar & Grill 4320 Cty E (920) 868-1515 $BLD { The Harbor View Grill 7821 Horseshoe Bay Rd (920) 868-5064 theharborviewgrill.com $$ B L D ( The Orchards at Egg Harbor 8125 Heritage Lake Rd. (920) 868-2483 orchardsateggharbor .com $L J{ The Village Café 7918 Hwy 42 (920) 868-3342 villagecafe-doorcounty .com $BLD JT{

Breakfast Served All Day

10698 N. Bay Shore Dr. • Sister Bay, WI 54234

920-854-2626

www.aljohnsons.com

Winner of GMA’s “Best Breakfast in America Challenge”

Trio Restaurant Hwy 42 & County E (920) 868-2090 $$$ D

Gas available 24/7!

at Sister Bay Mobil Winter Hours:

Mon - Fri 6:30am – 6pm Sat 6:30am – 7pm & Sun 7am – 3pm Entres, Casseroles, Soup & Sandwich Special, Subs, Salads, Wraps, & Pizza!

(920) 854-6700

breakfast • lunch • dinner traditional Door County fish boils

overnight lodging

4225 Main Street • Fish Creek • 888.364.9542 innkeeper@whitegullinn.com • www.w hitegullinn.com

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CZARNUSZKA SOUP BAR

Indoor - Outdoor Dining

A Popular Destination for Breakfast & Lunch Presenting a delightful European style menu of delectable entrees Wines Beers Spirits Open 9am Friday - Monday

(go to web sight for off season hours)

doorcountybakery.com

Pastries • Delicatessen

Home of the Corsica Loaf tm

HOT SOUP!

OPEN YEAR ROUND

YOU WORK HARD. EAT SOUP. 9922 Water St. #7, Behind Leroy’s, Ephraim • (920) 634-9649 WINTER HOURS: Open Thursdays through Mondays Mowimy po polsku.

10048 HWY 57 • South of Sister Bay • 854-1137

OPEN YEAR ROUND CALL FOR RESERVATIONS LICENSED CATERER

Fresh Seafood • Hand Cut Steaks • Full Bar • Extensive Wine List & Martini Menu

3667 Hwy. 42, 1 mile N. of Fish Creek | 920.868.3532 | alexandersofdoorcounty.com OPEN TUES-SAT • BAR AT 4PM • DINING AT 5PM • CHAMPAGNE SUNDAY BRUNCH AT 9:30AM

BEA’S

Set the Night on Fire!

HO-MADE

PRODUCTS, LTD 1/2 MILE EAST OF GILLS ROCK H W Y. 4 2 , E L L I S O N B AY

• Jams • Jellies • Pickles • Pies • Gourmet Sauces • Marinades • Reduced Sugar Jams • Specialty Food Items Fresh Brewed Coffee & Expanded Bakery Items

Voted Door County’s Best Tavern!

Home of “Smilen” Bob’s Chili

Gift boxes & corporate gifts are our specialty!

920-854-2268 FAX: 920-854-7299

www.beashomadeproducts.com Open 7 days a week (closed Sundays Nov. 1 - May 15)

Bayside Tavern Drinks | Dining | Shops S E R V I N G F O O D D A I LY ’ T I L 1 1 P M DOWNTOWN FISH CREEK | 920.868.3441 | BAYSIDETAVERN.COM

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ELLISON BAY Brew Coffee 12002 Hwy 42 (920) 421-2739 $BL T{ Fireside Restaurant 11934 Hwy 42 (920) 854-7999 thefiresiderestaurant.com $$$ D T ( Mink River Basin 12010 Hwy 42 (920) 854-2250 minkriverbasin.com $$ B L D J T { ( Rowleys Bay Restaurant & Pub 1041 Hwy ZZ (920) 854-2385 rowleysbayresort.com $$ B D J { ( The Viking Grill 12029 Hwy 42 (920) 854-2998 thevikinggrill.com $$ B L D J T Wickman House 11976 Mink River Rd (920) 854-3305 wickmanhouse.com $$$ D { (

EPHRAIM Chef’s Hat 9998 Pioneer Lane (920) 854-2034 $$ B L D J T { ( Czarnuska Soup Bar 9922 Water St 7F (920) 634-9649 $LDT{ An Eastern European themed soup diner with four soups and two sandwiches every day.

Mowimy po polsku. Fresh baked soup rolls, elements of enigmatic interest, lively soup debates, kultury goraly, pamietki polski, i goraca zupa codzienie.

Najpyszny zupa w caly Door County! Smacznego!

Good Eggs South Ephraim (920) 854-6621 $BL{ Joe Jo's Pizza 10420 Water St (920) 854-5455 $LDJT Specializing in homemade thin crust pizza made to

order. Put your taste buds to the test — offering 18 gelato flavors.

Leroy’s Waterstreet Coffee 9922 Hwy 42 (920) 854-4044 $T{ Old Post Office Restaurant 10040 Hwy 42 (920) 854-4034 oldpostoffice-door county.com $$ B D J { ( Summer Kitchen 10425 Water St (920) 854-2131 $$ B L D J { ( Wilson’s Restaurant 9990 Water St (920) 854-2041 wilsonsicecream.com/ main.htm $LDJ{

FISH CREEK Alexander’s Contemporary Cuisine & Fine Spirits 3667 Hwy 42 (920) 868-3532 alexandersofdoorcounty .com $$$$ D J T { ( Specializing in seafood, steaks, contemporary cuisine, catering and special events (fully licensed and insured). Bar opens at 4 pm, dinner at 5 pm. Sunday brunch starting at 9 am.

Arroyo Bay Grill 3931 Hwy 42 (920) 868-1900 $$ B L D J { ( Bayside Tavern Main St. (920) 868-3441 baysidetavern.com $LD JT For an unpredictably great time, visit Fish Creek’s favorite tavern. Serving cocktails, beer and our famous Bayside Coffee.

Our short-order menu features hearty homemade soups, sandwiches, burgers, homemade pizza, Friday fish fry and Smilin’ Bob’s Chili. Open daily, year round!

Blue Horse Beach Café 4113 Main Street (920) 868-1471 bluehorsecafe.com $BLJT{ Craic Coffee and Shop 4199 Main St. (920) 868-5019 craiccoffee.com $BL { English Inn 3713 Hwy 42 (920) 868-3076 theenglishinn.com $$$ D J T ( The English Inn cordially invites you to enjoy Olde World Class with traditional supper club portions at The English Inn. “A Door County dining tradition.” Open year round. Now in two locations — Fish Creek and Green Bay. Gibraltar Grill 3993 Main St (920) 868-4745 gibraltargrill.com $$ L D J{

Stillwater’s By the Bay 4149 Main Street (920) 868-9962 $LDJ{ Summertime Restaurant 1 N Spruce St. (920) 868-3738 TheSummertime.com $$$ B L D J T { ( The Cookery Restaurant 4135 Hwy 42 (920) 868-3634 cookeryfishcreek.com $$ B L D J{ Villaggios 4240 Juddville Rd (920) 868-4646 villaggios-doorcounty .com $$ D J{( Whistling Swan 4192 Main St (920) 868-3442 whistlingswan.com $$$$ D JT(

White Gull Inn 4225 Main St (920) 868-3517 whitegullinn.com Greenwood $$$$ B L D JT( Supper Club Serving breakfast (including Intersection of Cty A & F America’s Favorite, White (920) 839-2451 Gull Cherry Stuffed French greenwoodsupperclub.net Toast, as featured on Good $$$ D J T Morning America) as well as Julie’s Park Cafe a full menu daily 7:30 am – & Motel 12 pm; sumptuous lunches 4020 Hwy 42 served daily 12 – 2:30 pm; (920) 868-2999 traditional Door County juliesmotel.com fish boils served Wed., Fri., $$ B L D J{( Sat. and Sun. evenings in summer and fall and on Juniper’s Gin Joint Friday evenings in winter; 4170 Main St (Corner of candlelight dinner served Main St. & Hwy 42) from the menu on the (920) 868-2667 evenings when there is junipersginjoint.com no fish boil. Reservations $$$ L D J T { recommended for evening Mr. Helsinki meals.

4164 Hwy 42 Wild Tomato (920) 868-9898 Wood-Fired Pizza mrhelsinki.com and Grille $$$ D T 4023 Hwy 42 Not Licked Yet (920) 868-3095 4054 Hwy 42 wildtomatopizza.com (920) 868-2617 $LD JT{ notlickedyet.com $LD{ GILLS ROCK Pelletier’s Restaurant Founder’s Square (920) 868-3313 doorcountyfishboil.com $$ B L D J{(

GT Coffee 12625 Hwy 42 (920) 854-9907 GalleryTen.com $BLT{

Shoreline Restaurant 12747 Hwy 42 (920) 854-2950 theshorelineresort.com $$$ L D J {

JACKSONPORT JJ’s of Jacksonport Hwy V and Hwy 57 (920) 823-2700 $LD JT{ Travel to Jacksonport for the liveliest setting around! Enjoy Mexican and American dishes and fantastic margaritas — a local favorite!

Mike’s Port Pub & Grille 6269 Hwy 57 (920) 823-2081 innlet-motel.com $BLD JT{ Mr. G’s Logan Creek Grill 5890 Hwy 57 (920) 823-2112 $$$ D J T { Town Hall Bakery 6225 Hwy 57 (920) 823-2116 townhallbakery.com $BL J

SISTER BAY Al Johnson’s Swedish Restaurant 10698 N. Bay Shore Dr (920) 854-2626 aljohnsons.com $$ B L D JT Look for the goats on the sod roof, on top of an authentic Scandinavian log building. Serving breakfast all day, year round. Open 7 am to 3 pm December to April, 6 am to 8 pm May to November. Swedish atmosphere and food specialties, including Swedish pancakes, meatballs, limpa bread and lingonberries.

Base Camp Coffee Bar 10904 Hwy 42 (920) 854-7894 ecologysports.com $BLT{ Bier Zot 10677 N. Bay Shore Dr. (920) 854-5070 $LD {

Carroll House 2445 S. Bay Shore Dr (920) 854-7997 $BLJ Chop Country Walk Shops — Garden Level (920) 854-2700 $$$ D T{( Door County Bakery 10048 Hwy 57 (920) 854-1137 doorcountybakery.com $$ B L T { ( The Door County Bakery is a wonderful place to enjoy breakfast or lunch. Their morning and midday menus feature many entrees with a true European continental flair, all created in the kitchen of the Door County Bakery. Besides their Italian coffees, there’s also a full service bar offering an array of beverages to compliment your meal.

Served in a comfortable dining room or on their open-air patio, these are meals that will make your trip to Door County memorable.

Door County Creamery 10653 Bay Shore Dr. (920) 854-3388 $LD T{ Door County Ice Cream Factory 11051 Hwy 42 (920) 854-9693 doorcountyicecream .com $LDJ{ Drink Coffee 517 N Bay Shore Drive (920) 854-1155 $BLDT{ Fred & Fuzzy’s Waterfront Bar & Grill 10620 Little Sister Rd (920) 854-6699 littlesisterresort.com $LD J{ Grasse’s Grill 10663 N. Bay Shore Dr (920) 854-1125 $$ B L D J{ Husby’s Food and Spirits 10641 N. Bay Shore Dr (920) 854-2624 $LD JT{

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Harbor Fish Market & Grille

RESTAURANT GUIDE

D i s t i n c t i v e Wa t e r f r o n t D i n i n g

Experience a Live Maine Lobster Boil Fri, Sat, & Sun Evenings

Fresh Fish including Chilean Sea Bass, Halibut Cheeks, fabulous Scallops, Fresh Tuna, & many more....

Kobe Steaks, Prime Rib, & other exceptional meat choices!

Nov. & Dec. Hours Breakfast 7:30 AM Sat/Sun Lunch 11:30 AM to 4:30 PM Fri/Sat/Sun Dinner 4:30 PM Fri/Sat/Sun 8080 Highway 57 • Downtown Baileys Harbor 920.839.9999 • www.harborfishmarket-grille.com

JJ’s La Puerta Restaurant 10961 Bay Shore Drive (920) 854-4513 jjswaterfront.com $LD JT{ Travel to the north end of Sister Bay for the liveliest setting around! Enjoy Mexican and American dishes and fantastic margaritas — a local favorite!

Klaud’s Kitchen 2398 Country Walk Drive (920) 421-3971 chefklaud.com $BL Mission Grille Intersection of Hwy 42 & 57 (920) 854-9070 missiongrille.com $$$$ L D J T { ( Exceptional cuisine and fine spirits, Gourmet Magazine Selection, Wine Spectator Award past 13 years.

Northern Grill & Pizza 10573 Country Walk Dr (920) 854-9590 $$ L D J T { Sister Bay Bowl 10640 N. Bay Shore Dr (920) 854-2841 sisterbaybowl.com $$ L D J T Famous for its Friday Night Perch Fry and its Prime Rib, this throwback to

yesteryear is located in the heart of Sister Bay. Open year round, the Sister Bay Bowl features a full dining room, grill and bar, and Northern Door’s only bowling alley.

Sub Express at Sister Bay Mobil 2579 S. Bay Shore Dr (920) 854-6700 $BLDJT{ It’s a restaurant with gas pumps! Daily lunch specials, fresh subs, pizza, breakfast bagels, muffin sandwiches, smoothies, and more. Drive-thru service available.

The Waterfront 10961 Bay Shore Dr (920) 854-5491 jjswaterfront.com $$$$ D T { (

STURGEON BAY 5th and Jefferson Café 232 N. 5th Ave. (920) 746-1719 $BLD{ Birmingham’s 4709 N. Bay Shore Drive (920) 743-5215 birminghamsbarand cottages.com $$ L D J T Benny D’z 23 W. Oak Street (920) 818-1110 bennydz.com $D T

Open Daily 11am

(Closed Tuesdays & Wednesdays mid-October – May)

Blue Front Café 86 W. Maple (920) 743-9218 $$ L D JT( Brick Lot Pub & Grill 253 N. 3rd Ave (920) 743-9339 bricklotpub.com $LD JT Cherry Hills Lodge & Golf Course 5905 W. Dunn Rd. (920) 743-4222 golfdoorcounty.com $$$ D J T { ( Corner Café 113 N. 3rd Ave (920) 743-1991 $BLJT( Donny’s Glidden Lodge Restaurant 4670 Glidden Dr (920) 746-9460 gliddenlodge.com $$$$ D J T { ( Door County Fire Company 38 S. 3rd Ave (920) 818-0625 $$ L D J T El Sazon Mexican Restaurant 1449 Green Bay Rd, Ste 2 (920) 743-6740 $BLD JT Fatzo’s 46 Green Bay Road (920) 743-6300 $LDJT{

Frozen Spoon Yogurt Bar 210 S. 1st Avenue (920) 818-0250 $LD{ Get Real Café 116 S. Madison Ave. (920) 493-3354 time2getrealcafe.com $$ B L D Gilmo’s Bar & Bistro Wavepoint Marina Resort, 3600 County CC (920) 824-5440 wavepointe.com $LD JT{( Glas 67 E. Maple St. (920) 743-5575 glascoffee.com $BL T{ Holey Cow 129 N. Madison Ave. (920) 818-0261 holey-cow.com $BLD{ Hot Tamales 26 E. Oak St (920) 746-0600 hottamaleswi.com $BLD JT Idlewild Pub & Grill 4146 Golf Valley Dr. (920) 743-5630 $LD { Inn at Cedar Crossing 336 Louisiana Street (920) 743-4200 innatcedarcrossing.com $$$ B L D J T (

Joe Jo’s Pizza and Gelato 10420 Water St. (Hwy. 42) Ephraim, WI 54234 www.doorcountypizza.com

Phone: 920.854.5455 PIZZA • GELATO • SORBETTO • SANDWICHES • SALADS

OPEN YEAR ROUND

Great Food & Drinks!

On Kangaroo Lake

Kick Coffee 148 N. 3rd Ave (920) 746-1122 $BLT{ Kitty O’Reillys Irish Pub 59 E Oak St (920) 743-7441 kittyoreillys.com $$ L D J T { Kona Bay Fish House 1640 Memorial Dr. (920) 743-5555 $$ L D J T { ( Lola’s Bakery and Restaurant 306 S. 3rd Ave (920) 473-5055 $BLDJ Mandarin Garden 512 S. Lansing Avenue (920) 746-9122 $$ L D T Mill Supper Club 4128 Hwy 42/57 N (920) 743-5044 $$$ D J T Old Mexico 901 Egg Harbor Rd. $$ L D J T { Renard’s Cheese 2189 Cty Rd DK (920) 825-7272 $BL JT{ Renard’s Cheese and Deli is now offering even more great options to our customers. The deli opens at 8 am and has a great variety of meat, egg and cheese breakfast sandwiches as well as a full line of gourmet coffees and tea. For lunch we proudly serve

our Renard’s Pizza, hot or cold sandwiches, hot dogs, soup, salad and our grilled cheese of the week, featuring one of Renard’s Gourmet Cheeses. Renard’s Deli also has a unique variety of drinks including Italian Soda, Frappe and Fruit Smoothies as well as soda, beer and wine.

Scaturo’s Café 19 Green Bay Rd (920) 746-8727 $BL JT{( Sonny’s Italian Kitchen & Pizzeria 129 N. Madison Ave. (920) 743-2300 sonnyspizzeria.com $$ L D J T ( Stone Harbor 107 N 1st St (920) 746-0700 stoneharbor-resort.com $$$ B L D J T { ( Stone Harbor’s fullservice restaurant & pub offers beautiful water views for elegant yet casual dining. With an allyou-can-eat lunch salad bar seven days a week and live entertainment every weekend, you’re sure to have a great experience here at Stone Harbor.

Sunflour Artisan Bakery 611 Jefferson Street (920) 818-0130 sunflowerartisanbakery .com $BL

Sunset Grill 3810 Rileys Point Rd. (920) 824-5130 $$ D J T { BAILEYS HARBOR, WISCONSIN

The Cabin 4680 Bay Shore Dr. (920) 743-2421 $$ D J T ( The Nightingale Supper Club 1541 Egg Harbor Road (920) 743-5593 $$$ D J T The Tin Plate 4849 Glidden Dr. (920) 818-1177 $$ B L D J T ( Trattoria Dal Santo 147 N 3rd Ave (920) 743-6100 trattoriadalsanto.com $$$ D T( Waterfront Mary’s Bar & Grill 3662 North Duluth Ave. (920) 743-3191 waterfrontmarysbarand grill.com $LD JT{ Woldt’s Corner 911 Green Bay Rd (920) 743-1195 woldtscorner.com $$ L D J T {

WASHINGTON ISLAND Albatross Drive-In N7W1910 Lobdells Point Rd (920) 847-2203 $LD{

Closed for the Winter Season

Thank you for a great 2015

Health & Happiness in 2016

For 2016 reservations and employment opportunities email us at contact@missiongrille or text (920) 421-0526.

10627 N Bay Shore Drive - Sister Bay, WI

www.missiongrille.com • 920-854-9070

OPEN EVERYDAY 11 AM SERVING LUNCH & DINNER www.coyote-roadhouse.com 3026 County E • Baileys Harbor • 920.839.9192

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Jacksonport

Hwy. 42, North end of Sister Bay

6301 Hwy. 57, Jacksonport

920.854.4513

920.823.2700

MEXICAN & AMERICAN FOOD ~ World Renowned Margaritas ~

www.jjswaterfront.com

Allergen Free • Gluten Free • Organic • Vegan • Bulk grains, beans, spices Locally Made Door County Products TAPUAT kombucha on tap

FOOD IS WHAT WE DO.

Bread & Water Café 1275 Main Rd (920) 847-2400 washingtonislandfood .com $BL{ Cellar Restaurant at Karly’s Bar Main Rd (920) 847-2655 $$$ L D J T { (

Open Daily 10am-5pm 10331 Hwy 42 • North Ephraim • 920.854.0113 • dcspecialtyfoods.com t s to Tex ation 837 v 6 ser 59.

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The English Inn

FISH CREEK

Open Thurs - Sunday 4pm Check Website for Holiday Hours 3713 Hwy 42.

Fish Creek, WI 54212 THE ENGLISH INN $1.00 OFF Any Dinner or Special 920.868.3076

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GREEN BAY

Open Nightly 4pm 3597 Bay Settlement Rd. Green Bay, WI 54311 920.455.0676

Full Menu • Friday Fish Fry(all you can eat) • Beef & Chicken Wellington

Fiddler’s Green 1699 Jackson Harbor Rd (920) 847-2610 washingtonislandfiddlers green.com $$ L D T{ Findlay’s Holiday Inn Restaurant Detroit Harbor Rd (920) 847-2526 holidayinn.net $BLD Le Petit Bistro at Fragrant Isle 1350 Airport Rd (920) 737-5064 fragrantisle.com $$ L { Island Pizza At the ferry dock (920) 847-3222 $LD KK Fiske Restaurant 1177 Main Rd (920) 847-2121 $BLDT

A Door County Waterfront Resort 107 North First Ave Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 (920) 746-0700 • 877-746-0700 • www.stoneharbor-resort.com

 Dining by the fireplace  Live music every weekend  Conferences  Weddings

Nelsen’s Hall Bitters Pub W19N1205 Main Rd (920) 847-2496 $LD T{ Red Cup Coffee House 1885 Detroit Harbor Rd (920) 847-3304 $BL Sailor’s Pub 1475 South Shore Dr (920) 847-2105 $$$ D { ( Ship’s Wheel Restaurant Shipyard Island Marina, South Shore Drive (920) 847-2640 BLD Sunset Resort Old West Harbor Rd (920) 847-2531 sunsetresortwi.com $B The Danish Mill 1934 Lobdell Point Rd (920) 847-2632 danishmill.com $BLDJT{

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Glidden Lodge Location, location, location since 1937

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n the late 1920s, Orrin Glidden, a banker from Michigan City, Indiana, acquired 9,000 acres on Lake Michigan that included what is now Whitefish Dunes State Park and Cave Point County Park. Orrin hoped to become a real estate developer, and he hired the Schmock (pronounced “Smoke”) Brothers, Michigan City contractors, to build a 10-mile, one-lane road with 93 curves through the area.

When the Depression hit, Orrin lost his fortune. He died in 1933. The Schmocks filed a mechanic’s lien and were awarded about 4,000 acres, basically the southern half of the property. Investors from Green Bay bought the rest.

In 1937, Ewald Schmock, who had been in charge of the road project, built the original Glidden Inn with several banks

of rooms, some housekeeping cottages and seven guest rooms over the dining room. Because his wife, Babette, did not permit alcohol in the inn, a dozen years later Ewald built what became the Hitching Post Bar (now the Tin Plate Restaurant). It was intended to be the clubhouse for a golf course that was never developed.

In the late ’50s, Ewald bought out his brother’s interest in the property for $50,000. By 1964, he had 3,000 undeveloped acres and a tax bill of $1,600 on a $160,000 assessment. To ease his financial burden, he sold the extra acreage to John Brogan and Bill Fairfield of Sturgeon Bay, who launched Glidden Drive Estates (shore property sold for $30 a foot and inland lots for $15 a foot!).

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The Schmock family, including their son, Tom, and his wife, Joan, operated the inn for 45 years before selling it to Jim and Shirley Talmadge in 1982.

(Babette had died in 1970 and Ewald eight years later).

In 1983, the Talmadges added 16 one- and two-story motel units to the property. In the early ’90s, they sold the motel units to developers, but kept the restaurant — the original dining room of the lodge — until 1998, when they sold it to Donny and Rita Zellner. With their son, Tim, they still operate it as Donny’s Glidden Lodge Restaurant.

Across the bay in Marinette, Bill Brown was working as a newspaperman and hospital vice president. He often brought his family to vacation in Door County and recalls that he and his wife

admired the inn and even talked about buying it at one time. When they moved here in 1994, they drove by and were shocked to see that nearly everything had been leveled by developers. The only exceptions were the restaurant and one motel unit that, true to its name, escaped down County Road T to become the RunAway Lodge in Valmy.

The developers who purchased the property from the Talmadges built 31 condo units that are now individually owned by members of the Glidden Lodge Beach Resort Condominium Owners’ Association. The north wing opened in 1993 and the lobby, pool and south wing in 1994. Although Brown didn’t become the resort’s owner, he started working at the front desk in 1994 and since 1997 has been the general manager.

Thirty of the luxurious one-, two- and three-bedroom condos are available for rent when not occupied by their owners.

The resort has conference, fitness and business centers, a whirlpool, sauna and indoor pool, tennis, volleyball and badminton, beach activities, walking trails, cross-country skiing and close access to golf, Whitefish Dunes and Cave Point. All the condos face the beach and have fully-equipped kitchens, king size beds, whirlpools, fireplaces and balconies. Many have cathedral ceilings.

The spectacular view at Door County’s only major resort with a natural sand beach on Lake Michigan never changes, except that the beach grows and shrinks with the level of the lake. This year, Brown says, the lake is up three feet.

“We had to get a permit from the DNR

to extend the beach a bit to make room for the beach chairs.”

Bob Hope was a guest years ago, although he evidently misremembered the resort’s name. Brown said that a Christmas card arrived with a photo of Bob and his wife, Dolores, and greetings “to our friends at Glidden Point.”

Charlton Heston enjoyed fishing there, and before a phone was installed in the home of former Green Bay Packers Coach Mike Sherman, built down the road from the lodge, he used to ride his bike to the lodge to make calls.

Glidden Lodge, located at 4676 Glidden Drive, is open year round. To see a slide show of the units, go to gliddenlodge.com/ luxury-suites/. For reservations, call (920) 746-3900 or (866) 454-3336.

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LODGING GUIDE BAILEYS HARBOR Baileys Harbor Ridges Resort & Lakeview Suite 8252 Hwy 57 (920) 839-2127 ridges.com Cottage, Resort $52-$210 Biking Trails, Cable/Movies, Cross Country Skiing, Fireplace, Hiking Trails, Kitchen, Meeting Room, Non-smoking Rooms, Pet Friendly, Playground, Snow Shoeing, Snowmobiling, Wheel Chair Accessible, Whirlpools Baileys Harbor Yacht Club Resort 8151 Ridges Rd (920) 839-2336 bhycr.com Resort $79-$249 Biking Trails, Boating, Cable/Movies, Fireplace, Fishing, Fitness Center, Hiking Trails, Indoor Pool, Kitchen, Non-smoking Rooms, Outdoor Pool, Playground, Sauna, Tennis, Waterfront, Whirlpools Baileys Sunset Motel & Cottages 8404 Hwy 57 (920) 839-2218 Cottage, Resort $38-$120 Hiking Trails, Kitchen, Non-smoking Rooms, Playground Beachfront Inn at Baileys Harbor 8040 Hwy 57 (920) 839-2345 beachfrontinn.net Hotel/Motel $67-$169 Cable/Movies, High Speed Internet Access, Microwave, Non-smoking Rooms, Outdoor Pool, Pet Friendly, Refrigerator, Water View, Waterfront Blacksmith Inn On the Shore 8152 Hwy 57 (920) 839-9222 theblacksmithinn.com

Lodging facilities are listed in alphabetical order by town. Information is subject to change. We encourage readers to contact these establishments for more specific information. Inclusion in this directory should not be considered an unqualified endorsement by Door County Living. Innkeepers are encouraged to e-mail us with up-to-date information at: info@doorcountyliving.com.

Bed and Breakfast $145-$315 Bikes, Kayaks, Fireplace, High Speed Internet Access, Smoke Free, Water View, Whirlpools Gordon Lodge Resort 1420 Pine Dr (920) 839-2331 gordonlodge.com Resort $130-$250 Bar, Boating, Cable/ Movies, Fishing, Fitness Center, Outdoor Pool, Restaurant, Tennis, Waterfront, Whirlpools Gustave’s Getaway, 1887 Historic Log Home 2604 Grove Rd — Office (920) 839-2288 Cottage $135-$195 Cable/Movies, Complimentary Coffee, Fireplace, High Speed Internet Access, Hiking Trails, Kitchen, Pet Friendly, Smoke Free Journey’s End Motel 8271 Journey’s End Ln (920) 839-2887 journeysendmotel.com Cottage, Hotel/Motel $50-$150 Fireplace, Kitchen, Limited Food Service, Non-smoking Rooms, Pet Friendly Kangaroo Lake Resort 2799 N Kangaroo Lake Dr (920) 839-2341 Cottage, Resort $125-$175 Boating, Fireplace, Fishing, Kitchen, Playground, Smoke Free, Water View Maxwelton Braes Lodge 7670 Hwy 57 (920) 839-2321 maxweltonbraes.com Cottage, Resort $89-$169 Bar, Cable/Movies, Complimentary Coffee, Cross Country Skiing, Fireplace, Fishing, Golf, High Speed

Internet Access, Hiking Trails, Meeting Room, Microwave, Non-smoking Rooms, Refrigerator, Restaurant, Smoke Free, Snow Shoeing, Snowmobiling, Tennis, Wheel Chair Accessible, Whirlpools Orphan Annie’s 7254 Hwy 57 (920) 839-9156 Hotel/Motel $95-125 Kitchen, Smoke Free, Wheel Chair Accessible Square Rigger Harbor 7950 Hwy 57 (920) 839-2016 Hotel/Motel $90-$120 Microwave, Refrigerator, Water View The Inn at Windmill Farm 3829 Fairview Rd (920) 868-9282 1900windmillfarm.com Bed and Breakfast $110-$125 Fireplace, Full Breakfast, Smoke Free The Rushes Resort Western Shore of Kangaroo Lake (920) 839-2730 therushes.com Resort $139-$295 Boating, Cross Country Skiing, Fireplace, Fishing, Fitness Center, Indoor Pool, Kitchen, Playground, Tennis, Waterfront, Whirlpools

EGG HARBOR Alpine Resort 7715 Alpine Rd (920) 868-3000 alpineresort.com Cottage, Resort $80-$219 Bar, Biking Trails, Boating, Fishing, Golf, Hiking Trails, Kitchen, Meeting Room, Non-smoking Rooms, Outdoor Pool, Playground, Restaurant, Tennis, Waterfront

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Bay Point Inn 7933 Hwy 42 (800) 707-6660 baypointinn.com Resort $225-$259 Cable/Movies, Continental Breakfast, Fireplace, Kitchen, Limited Food Service, Meeting Room, Non-smoking Rooms, Water View, Waterfront, Whirlpools Cape Cod Motel 7682 Hwy 42 (920) 868-3271 doorcountynavigator.com Hotel/Motel $69-$79 Cable/Movies, Playground, Refrigerator DoorCountyCabins.com 4999 Plum Bottom Rd (936) 293-0913 doorcountycabins.com Cabin/Cottage Retreat $109-$310 High Speed Internet, Cable, Full Kitchen, Hiking Trails, Grill, Gardens Door County Cottages/ Cottage Retreat 7574 Relax Ln (920) 868-2300 Cottage $100-$550 Fireplace, Hiking Trails, Kitchen, Pet Friendly, Whirlpools Door County Lighthouse Inn B & B 4639 Orchard Rd (920) 868-9088 dclighthouseinn.com Bed and Breakfast $105-$175 Deck, Full Breakfast, Smoke Free, Wheel Chair Accessible, Whirlpools Egg Harbor Lodge 7965 Hwy 42 (920) 868-3115 eggharborlodge.com Resort $100-$325 Fireplace, Non-smoking Rooms, Outdoor Pool, Tennis, Whirlpools

Landmark Resort 7643 Hillside Rd (920) 868-3205 thelandmarkresort.com Resort $89-$240 Bar, Cable/Movies, Deck, Fitness Center, High Speed Internet Access, Indoor Pool, Kitchen, Laundry, Meeting Room, Outdoor Pool, Playground, Restaurant, Sauna, Smoke Free, Tennis, Whirlpools Lull-Abi Inn of Egg Harbor 7928 Egg Harbor Rd (866) 251-0749 lullabi-inn.com Hotel/Motel $89-$189 Biking Trails, Kitchen, Non-smoking Rooms, Whirlpools Meadow Ridge 7573 Hwy 42 (920) 868-3884 meadow-ridge.com Resort $130-$350 Bike Rentals, Biking Trails, Cable/Movies, Deck, Fireplace, Fitness Center, High Speed Internet Access, Hiking Trails, Indoor Pool, Kitchen, Laundry, Outdoor Pool, Playground, Smoke Free, Tennis, Whirlpools Newport Resort 7888 Church St (920) 868-9900 newportresort.com Resort $79-$257 Cable/Movies, Full Breakfast, Fireplace, Fitness Center, High Speed Internet Access, Indoor Pool, Kitchen, Meeting Room, Outdoor Pool, Sauna, Wheel Chair Accessible, Whirlpools Shallows Resort 7353 Hoseshoe Bay Rd (920) 868-3458 shallows.com Cottage, Resort $65-$350

Biking Trails, Boating, Cable/Movies, Fireplace, Fishing, High Speed Internet Access, Kitchen, Non-smoking Rooms, Outdoor Pool, Pet Friendly, Playground, Tennis, Waterfront, Whirlpools Shipwrecked Brew Pub & Inn 7791 Highway 42 (920) 868-2767 shipwreckedmicrobrew .com Hotel/Motel $79-$119 Bar, Cable/Movies, Non-smoking Rooms, Restaurant The Ashbrooke 7942 Hwy 42 (920) 868-3113 ashbrooke.net Resort $99-$210 Cable/Movies, Fireplace, Fitness Center, Indoor Pool, Sauna, Smoke Free, Wheel Chair Accessible, Whirlpools The Cornerstone Suites 6960 Hwy 42 (920) 868-3005 Resort $130-$220 Deck, Kitchen, Whirlpools The Feathered Star 6202 Hwy 42 (920) 743-4066 featheredstar.com Bed and Breakfast $110-$130 Cable/Movies, Continental Breakfast, Pet Friendly, Refrigerator, Wheel Chair Accessible, Whirlpools The Landing 7741 Hwy 42 (920) 868-3282 thelandingresort.com Resort $61-$233 Biking Trails, Cable/ Movies, Indoor Pool, Kitchen, Outdoor Pool, Playground, Smoke Free, Snowmobiling, Whirlpools

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Bayview Resort & Harbor P.O. Box 73 (920) 854-2006 Resort $120-$250 Boating, Fitness Center, Kitchen, Playground, Tennis

Bay Breeze Resort 9844 Hwy 42 (920) 854-9066 baybreezeresort.com Cottage, Resort $53-$169 Cable/Movies, Fireplace, Non-smoking Rooms, Outdoor Pool, Waterfront, Hillside Inn of Ellison Bay Whirlpools 11934 Hwy 42 (920) 854-2928 Eagle Harbor Inn Hotel/Motel 9914 Hwy 42 $48-$98 (920) 854-2121 Bar, Continental Breakfast, eagleharborinn.com Restaurant, Smoke Free, Bed and Breakfast Wheel Chair Accessible $69-$237 Fireplace, Fitness Center, Hotel Disgarden B & B Indoor Pool, Kitchen, 12013 Hwy 42 Limited Food Service, (920) 854-9888 Meeting Room, Sauna, Bed and Breakfast Whirlpools $65-$125 Cable/Movies, Continental Edgewater Resort Breakfast, Smoke Free, 10040 Water St Waterfront (920) 854-2734 edge-waterresort.com Norrland Resort Cottage, Resort 12009 Hwy 42 $79-$419 (920) 883-9033 Cable/Movies, Kitchen, Cottage, Resort Non-smoking Rooms, $60-$125 Outdoor Pool, Restaurant, Boat Rentals, Boating, Sauna, Waterfront, Fishing, Grill, Water View, Whirlpools Waterfront Ephraim Guest House Rowleys Bay Resort & 3042 Cedar St Vacation Homes (920) 854-2319 1041 Hwy ZZ ephraimguesthouse.com (920) 854-2385 Resort rowleysbayresort.com $75-$185 Cottage, Resort Cable/Movies, Fireplace, $59-$359 Kitchen, Smoke Free, Bar, Biking Trails, Whirlpools Boating, Cable/Movies, Cross Country Skiing, Ephraim Motel Fireplace, Fishing, Fitness 10407 Hwy 42 Center, High Speed (920) 854-5959 Internet Access, Hiking ephraimmotel.com Trails, Indoor Pool, Hotel/Motel Kitchen, Meeting Room, $69-$129 Playground, Restaurant, Grill, Bike Rentals, Hiking Sauna, Smoke Free, Trails, Refrigerator, Snowmobiling, Tennis, Microwave, High Speed Waterfront, Whirlpools Internet Access The Parkside Inn 11946 Hwy 42 (920) 854-9050 theparksideinn.com Hotel/Motel $59-$79 Cable/Movies, Continental Breakfast

Ephraim Shores 10018 Hwy 42 (920) 854-2371 ephraimshores.com Resort $75-$210 Cable/Movies, Fitness Center, Indoor Pool,

Kitchen, Playground, Restaurant, Smoke Free, Waterfront, Whirlpools Evergreen Beach Resort 9944 Hwy 42 (920) 854-2831 evergreenbeach.com Resort $75-$140 Cable/Movies, Nonsmoking Rooms, Outdoor Pool, Playground, Waterfront French Country Inn Of Ephraim 3052 Spruce Lane (920) 854-4001 innsite.com Bed and Breakfast $65-$100 Fireplace, Full Breakfast, Smoke Free Harbor View Resort 9971 S Dane St (920) 854-2425 Cottage, Resort $130-$185 Cable/Movies, Fireplace, Kitchen High Point Inn 10386 Hwy 42 (920) 854-9773 highpointinn.com Resort $80-$328 Cable/Movies, Fireplace, Fitness Center, Indoor Pool, Kitchen, Meeting Room, Outdoor Pool, Playground, Smoke Free, Whirlpools Lodgings at Pioneer Lane 9996 Pioneer Ln (800) 588-3565 lodgingsatpioneerlane .com Hotel/Motel $65-$175 Cable/Movies, Fireplace, Non-smoking Rooms, Wheel Chair Accessible, Whirlpools Pine Grove Motel 10080 Hwy 42 (800) 292-9494 pinegrovemotel.com Hotel/Motel $91-$108 Cable/Movies, Fitness

Center, Indoor Pool, Non-smoking Rooms, Waterfront, Wheel Chair Accessible, Whirlpools Somerset Inn 10401 Hwy 42 (920) 854-1819 somersetinndc.com Resort $59-$169 Cable/Movies, Fireplace, Indoor Pool, Kitchen, Outdoor Pool, Smoke Free, Whirlpools Spruce Lane Lodge 3038 Spruce Lane (920) 854-7380 Hotel/Motel Kitchen The Juniper Inn B & B N9432 Maple Grove Rd (920) 839-2629 juniperinn.com Bed and Breakfast $85-$195 Cable/Movies, Fireplace, Full Breakfast, Whirlpools Trollhaugen Lodge 10176 Hwy 42 (920) 854-2713 trollhaugenlodge.com Cottage, Hotel/Motel $79-$169 Cable/Movies, Continental Breakfast, Fireplace, High Speed Internet Access, Hiking Trails, Kitchen, Limited Food Service, Smoke Free, Whirlpools Village Green Lodge 10013 Poplar Street (920) 854-2515 villagegreenlodge.com Bed and Breakfast $105-$240 Cable/Movies, Complimentary Coffee, Fireplace, Full Breakfast, Grill, Limited Food Service, Microwave, Outdoor Pool, Refrigerator, Smoke Free, Wheel Chair Accessible, Whirlpools Waterbury Inn 10321 Hwy 42 (920) 854-2821 waterbury.com Resort

$85-$187 Cable/Movies, Fitness Center, Indoor Pool, Kitchen, Playground, Smoke Free, Snowmobiling, Whirlpools

FISH CREEK Apple Creek Resort, Motel & Suites Hwy 42 & F (920) 868-3525 applecreekresort.com Cottage, Resort $52-$250 Cable/Movies, Cross Country Skiing, Fireplace, High Speed Internet Access, Indoor Pool, Kitchen, Snowmobiling, Whirlpools By-The-Bay Motel Hwy 42 (920) 868-3456 Hotel/Motel $59-$155 Smoke Free, Water View Cedar Court Inn 9429 Cedar St (920) 868-3361 Cottage, Hotel/Motel $69-$325 Cable/Movies, Fireplace, Kitchen, Outdoor Pool, Whirlpools Evergreen Hill Condominium 3932 Evergreen Rd (800) 686-6621 homesteadsuites.com Resort $89-$204 Cable/Movies, Fireplace, Indoor Pool, Kitchen, Smoke Free, Whirlpools Fish Creek Motel & Cottages 9479 Spruce St (920) 868-3448 fishcreekmotel.com Cottage, Hotel/Motel $58-$175 Cable/Movies, Complimentary Coffee, Water View Harbor Guest House 9480 Spruce St (920) 868-2284 harborguesthouse.com

Resort $157-$378 Boating, Cable/Movies, Cross Country Skiing, Fireplace, Kitchen, Smoke Free, High Speed Internet Access, Waterfront Hilltop Inn Hwy 42 & Cty F (920) 868-3556 hilltopinndc.com Resort $79-$199 Cable/Movies, Cross Country Skiing, Fireplace, Kitchen, Non-smoking Rooms, Outdoor Pool, Restaurant, Snowmobiling, Whirlpools Homestead Suites 4006 Hwy 42 (800) 686-6621 homesteadsuites.com Resort $75-$189 Cable/Movies, Continental Breakfast, Cross Country Skiing, Fireplace, Fitness Center, Indoor Pool, Kitchen, Limited Food Service, Meeting Room, Outdoor Pool, Playground, Sauna, Smoke Free, Snowmobiling, Whirlpools Julie’s Park Cafe & Motel 4020 Hwy 42 (920) 868-2999 juliesmotel.com Hotel/Motel $55-106 Cable/Movies, Pet Friendly, Restaurant, Smoke Free Little Sweden Vacation Resort Hwy 42 (920) 868-9950 Resort $175-$350 Biking Trails, Cable/ Movies, Cross Country Skiing, Fireplace, Fitness Center, Hiking Trails, Indoor Pool, Kitchen, Outdoor Pool, Playground, Sauna, Smoke Free, Snow Shoeing, Tennis, Whirlpools

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LODGING GUIDE

Main Street Motel 4209 Main St (920) 868-2201 mainstreetmoteldc.com Hotel/Motel $49-$96 Cable/Movies, Smoke Free Parkwood Lodge 3775 Hwy 42 (920) 868-2046 parkwoodlodge.com Hotel/Motel $79-$199 High Speed Internet Access, Microwave, Refrigerator, Complimentary Coffee, Grill, Indoor Pool, Playground, Tennis, Whirlpools Peninsula Park-View Resort W3397 Hwy 42 (920) 854-2633 Cottage, Resort $49-$199 Cable/Movies, Fireplace, High Speed Internet Access, Kitchen, Limited Food Service, Nonsmoking Rooms, Outdoor Pool, Wheel Chair Accessible, Whirlpools Settlement Courtyard Inn & Lavender Spa 9126 Hwy 42 (920) 868-3524 settlementinn.com Resort $72-$224 Bar, Biking Trails, Cable/ Movies, Massage Spa, Continental Breakfast, Cross Country Skiing, Fireplace, High Speed Internet Access, Hiking Trails, Kitchen, Limited Food Service, Outdoor

Pool, Smoke Free, Snow Shoeing, Snowmobiling, Wheel Chair Accessible, Whirlpools, Laundry The Whistling Swan Hotel 4192 Main St (920) 868-3442 whistlingswan.com Bed and Breakfast $135-$185 Bar, Cable/Movies, Continental Breakfast, High Speed Internet Access, Restaurant, Smoke Free Thorp House Inn & Cottages 4135 Bluff Lane (920) 868-2444 thorphouseinn.com Bed and Breakfast, Cottage $75-$215 Cable/Movies, Fireplace, Full Breakfast, Whirlpools White Gull Inn 4225 Main St (920) 868-3517 whitegullinn.com Bed and Breakfast $155-$295 Cable/Movies, Fireplace, Full Breakfast, Restaurant, Smoke Free, Wheel Chair Accessible, Whirlpools

GILLS ROCK Harbor Light Inn 12666 Hwy 42 (920) 421-2233 harborhousedoorcounty .com Cottage, Hotel/Motel $79-$129 Boating, Cable/Movies, Complimentary Coffee,

Fireplace, Fishing, Grill, High Speed Internet Access, Kitchen, Microwave, Pet Friendly, Playground, Refrigerator, Water View, Whirlpools Maple Grove Motel of Gills Rock 809 Hwy 42 (920) 854-2587 Hotel/Motel $65-$85 Non-smoking Rooms, Pet Friendly On the Rocks Cliffside Lodge 849 Wisconsin Bay Rd (920) 840-4162 Hotel/Motel $305-$775 Cable/Movies, Fireplace, Kitchen, Water View, Whirlpools The Shoreline Resort, Motel & Condominiums 12747 Hwy 42 (920) 854-2900 Hotel/Motel $79-$139 & $195-$300 Boating, Cable/Movies, Deck, High Speed Internet Access, Water View, Waterfront

JACKSONPORT Innlet Motel 6269 Hwy 57 (920) 823-2499 dcty.com Hotel/Motel $50-$150 Bar, Cable/Movies, Non-smoking Rooms, Restaurant, Snowmobiling, Wheel Chair Accessible, Whirlpools

Square Rigger Lodge 6332 Hwy 57 (920) 823-2404 squareriggerlodge.com Cottage, Hotel/Motel $75-$250 Bar, Cable/Movies, Nonsmoking Rooms, Sauna, Waterfront, Whirlpools Whitefish Bay Farm 3831 Clark Lake Rd (920) 743-1560 whitefishbayfarm.com Bed and Breakfast $115-$125 Full Breakfast, Smoke Free

SISTER BAY Birchwood Lodge 10571 Hwy 57 (920) 854-7195 birchwoodlodge.com Resort $79-$219 Cable/Movies, Fireplace, Fitness Center, Indoor Pool, Kitchen, Meeting Room, Outdoor Pool, Sauna, Smoke Free, Snowmobiling, Tennis, Wheel Chair Accessible, Whirlpools Bluffside Motel 10641 Bluffside Ln (920) 854-2530 Hotel/Motel $39-$150 Cable/Movies, Complimentary Coffee, Refrigerator Century Farm Motel 10068 Hwy 57 (920) 854-4069 Hotel/Motel $40-$75 Pet Friendly

Church Hill Inn 2393 Gateway Dr (920) 854-4885 churchhillinn.com Resort $65-$174 Cable/Movies, Fireplace, Fitness Center, Full Breakfast, Limited Food Service, Meeting Room, Outdoor Pool, Sauna, Smoke Free, Whirlpools

Inn On Maple 2378 Maple Dr (920) 854-5107 innonmaple.com Bed and Breakfast $85-$125 Cable/Movies, Full Breakfast, Smoke Free

The Liberty Lodge at Sister Bay 11034 Hwy 42 (920) 854-2025 Coachlite Inn of Sister Bay libertylodgesb.com 2544 S Bay Shore Dr Resort (920) 854-5503 $99-$199 coachliteinn.com Cable/Movies, Continental Hotel/Motel Breakfast, Fireplace $45-$125 Little Sister Resort Cable/Movies, Continental 10620 Little Sister Rd Breakfast, Fireplace, (920) 854-4013 Kitchen, Non-smoking littlesisterresort.com Rooms, Whirlpools Cottage, Resort Country House Resort $75-$165 2468 Sunnyside Road Bar, Biking Trails, Boating, (920) 854-4551 Cable/Movies, Fireplace, Resort Fishing, Kitchen, Limited $76-$326 Food Service, Meeting Continental Breakfast, Room, Non-smoking Deck, Fireplace, High Rooms, Playground, Speed Internet Access, Restaurant, Tennis, Outdoor Pool, Pet Waterfront Friendly, Refrigerator, Moore Property Services Tennis, Water View, 10553 Country Walk Dr Waterfront, Whirlpools (920) 854-1900 Double S Lodge Resort 11086 Hwy 42 $120-$455 (929) 854-3253 Cable/Movies, Indoor Bed and Breakfast Pool, Kitchen, Laundry, $225 - $275 Non-Non-smoking Rooms, Tennis, Waterfront Edge of Town Motel 11902 Hwy 42 Nordic Lodge (920) 854-2012 2721 Nordic Dr Hotel/Motel (920) 854-5432 $40-$80 thenordiclodge.com Cable/Movies, NonCottage, Resort smoking Rooms, Pet $60-$160 Friendly Biking Trails, Cable/

Movies, Continental Breakfast, Indoor Pool, Smoke Free, Wheel Chair Accessible, Whirlpools Open Hearth Lodge 2669 S Bay Shore Dr (920) 854-4890 openhearthlodge.com Hotel/Motel, Resort $59-$125 Cable/Movies, Continental Breakfast, Indoor Pool, Non-smoking Rooms, Whirlpools Patio Motel 10440 Orchard Dr (920) 854-1978 patiomotelandrestaurant .com Hotel/Motel $42-$74 Cable/Movies, Nonsmoking Rooms, Playground, Restaurant Pheasant Park Resort 130 Park Ln (920) 854-7287 pheasantparkresort.com Resort $88-$274 Fireplace, Fitness Center, Indoor Pool, Kitchen, Meeting Room, Outdoor Pool, Smoke Free, Whirlpools Scandinavian Lodge 10506 Hwy 57 (920) 854-7123 scandlodge.com Resort $90-$260 Biking Trails, Cable/ Movies, Fireplace, Fitness Center, Indoor Pool, Kitchen, Meeting Room, Outdoor Pool, Playground, Sauna, Smoke Free, Tennis, Wheel Chair Accessible, Whirlpools The Brodd’s Little Cottage 2182 Seaquist Rd (920) 854-2478 thelittlecottage.com Cottage $90 High Speed Internet Access, Kitchen, Microwave, Refrigerator, Smoke Free The Inn at Little Sister Hill 2715 Little Sister Hill Rd (920) 854-2328 doorcountyinn.com/ littlesister

Resort $79-$179 Biking Trails, Cable/ Movies, Kitchen, Outdoor Pool, Playground, Smoke Free, Wheel Chair Accessible Village View Inn 10628 N Bay Shore Dr (920) 854-2813 village-view.com Hotel/Motel $45-$95 Cable/Movies, Continental Breakfast, Refrigerator, Smoke Free Voyager Inn 10490 Hwy 57 (920) 854-4242 voyagerinndc.com Hotel/Motel $55-$95 Cable/Movies, Nonsmoking Rooms, Outdoor Pool, Sauna, Whirlpools Yacht Club at Sister Bay 10673 Regatta Way (866) 951-0974 sisterbayresort.com Resort $107-$500 Boating, Cable/Movies, Fireplace, Fitness Center, Hiking Trails, Indoor Pool, Kitchen, Smoke Free, Tennis, Water View, Waterfront

STURGEON BAY Along The Beach B&B 3122 Lake Forest Park Road (920) 746-0476 Bed and Breakfast $105-$135 Cable/Movies, Full Breakfast, Waterfront AmericInn Lodge & Suites of Sturgeon Bay 622 S Ashland Ave (920) 743-5898 Hotel/Motel $59-$175 Cable/Movies, Continental Breakfast, Fireplace, Indoor Pool, Meeting Room, Pet Friendly, Sauna, Smoke Free, Whirlpools Bay Shore Inn 4205 Bay Shore Dr (920) 743-4551 bayshoreinn.net Resort

$79-$309 Biking Trails, Boating, Cable/Movies, Fishing, Fitness Center, Indoor Pool, Kitchen, Meeting Room, Playground, Smoke Free, Tennis, Waterfront, Whirlpools Beach Harbor Resort 3662 N Duluth Ave (920) 743-3191 beachharborresort.com Cottage, Hotel/Motel, Resort $69-$210 Bike Rentals, Jet Ski Rentals, Smoke Free, Waterfront Black Walnut Guest House 454 N 7th Ave (920) 743-8892 blackwalnut-gh.com Bed and Breakfast $135-$145 Continental Breakfast, Smoke Free, Whirlpools Bridgeport Resort 50 W Larch St (920) 746-9919 bridgeportresort.net Resort $69-$299 Cable/Movies, Fireplace, Fishing, Fitness Center, High Speed Internet Access, Indoor Pool, Kitchen, Limited Food Service, Outdoor Pool, Sauna, Smoke Free, Tennis, Waterfront, Wheel Chair Accessible, Whirlpools Chal A Motel 3910 Hwy 42/57 (920) 743-6788 chal-amotel.com Hotel/Motel $34-$64 Non-smoking Rooms Chanticleer Guest House 4072 Cherry Rd (920) 746-0334 Bed and Breakfast $120-$275 Continental Breakfast, Fireplace, Limited Food Service, Whirlpools Cherry Hills Lodge & Golf Course 5905 Dunn Rd (920) 743-4222 Resort $89-$155 Full Breakfast, Golf, Outdoor Pool, Restaurant, Smoke Free

Colonial Gardens B & B 344 N 3rd Ave (920) 746-9192 colgardensbb.com Bed and Breakfast $100-$175 Fireplace, Full Breakfast, Limited Food Service, Whirlpools

Little Harbor Inn 5100 Bay Shore Dr (920) 743-3789 littleharborinn.com Bed and Breakfast $120-$175 Fireplace, Full Breakfast, Smoke Free, Waterfront, Whirlpools

Comfort Inn 923 Green Bay Rd (920) 743-7846 Hotel/Motel $89-$145 Continental Breakfast, High Speed Internet Access, Indoor Pool, Microwave, Refrigerator, Whirlpools

Motel 57 1160 Green Bay Road (920) 746-8000 Hotel/Motel $79-$89 High Speed Internet Access, Kitchen, Microwaves, Refrigerator, Complimentary Coffee

Garden Gate B & B 434 N 3rd Ave (920) 743-9618 doorcountybb.com Bed and Breakfast $50-$120 Cable/Movies, Full Breakfast, Smoke Free

Quiet Cottage B & B 4608 Glidden Drive (920) 743-4526 quietcottage.com Bed and Breakfast $180-$225 Cable/Movies, Full Breakfast, High Speed Internet Access

Glidden Lodge Beach Resort 4676 Glidden Dr (920) 746-3900 gliddenlodge.com Resort $140-$375 Cable/Movies, Fireplace, Fitness Center, Indoor Pool, Kitchen, Meeting Room, Sauna, Smoke Free, Tennis, Waterfront, Whirlpools Hearthside Inn B & B 2136 Taube Road (920) 746-2136 Bed and Breakfast $65-$750 Full Breakfast Holiday Music Motel 30 N 1st Ave (920) 743-5571 holidaymusicmotel.com Hotel/Motel $99-$140 Cable/Movies, Continental Breakfast, High Speed Internet Access, Microwave, Pet Friendly, Refrigerator, Smoke Free

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The Inn at Cedar Crossing 336 Louisiana St (920) 743-4200 innatcedarcrossing.com Bed and Breakfast $75-$190 Cable/Movies, Continental Breakfast, Fireplace, Restaurant, Smoke Free, Whirlpools The Lodge at Leathem Smith 1640 Memorial Dr (920) 743-5555 thelodgeatls.com Resort $89-$279 Boating, Continental Breakfast, High Speed Internet Access, Outdoor Pool, Restaurant The Pembrooke Inn 410 N 4th St (920) 746-9776 pembrookeinn.com Bed and Breakfast $80-$120

Fireplace, Full Breakfast, Smoke Free, Whirlpools The Reynolds House B & B 111 S 7th Ave (920) 746-9771 reynoldshousebandb.com Bed and Breakfast $69-$160 Continental Breakfast, Fireplace, Smoke Free, Whirlpools Wave Pointe Marina and Resort 3600 County CC (920) 824-5440 wavepointe.com Resort $90-$250 Boating, Cable/Movies, Deck, Fireplace, Kitchen, Laundry, Limited Food Service, Outdoor Pool, Waterfront, Whirlpools Westwood Shores Waterfront Resort 4303 Bay Shore Dr (920) 746-4057

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How Fish Creek Got Its Name

A jolly good town is old Fish Creek The best on the pike, I know; With its back to the rock and its face to the sea, Where the rollicking breezes blow.

As snug as a bug in an old woolen rug, It lies there embowered in green’; You may go where you like, on any old pike, No cosier village is seen.

When old Father Claflin discovered “old Door,” Some four score years ago, With Indians and black bear it was galore And sturgeon — a wonderful show!

He roamed the timber and cruised the shore Delighted with all he did see.

But when he saw Fish Creek he roamed no more; But said: “My home here shall be” Do you know the folks of Fish Creek town?

A merry stout lot are they.

Their wives are sure some famous cooks — Just look at their men, I say!

Why nearly every man in town Has a waistband of forty or more.

With a happy old chuckle around they go, Grand boosters to the core.

From Hjalmer Holand’s History of Door County, The County Beautiful, Vol. 1

This view of Fish Creek in 1908 was taken from the roof of what was then the new dock warehouse. The building directly on the waterfront was a sawmill.

The town hall is behind and to the left of the sawmill.

Photos courtesy of the Gibraltar Historical Society.

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f we were able to step back somewhere into the last half of the 19th century for a moment and stand where all the recreational boats take up space in today’s Fish Creek harbor, we would see a bustling fishing industry, with barrels of salted fish packed and waiting dockside for shipment.

You can thank Asa Thorp for recognizing the safe harbor the area offers and in 1853 building the first pier on the peninsula’s bayside, where he sold cordwood to passing steamers, and eventually built a hotel for passengers who wanted to disembark at this new place carved out of the woods by Thorp and other early pioneers.

So it must be the fishing industry that grew up around Asa Thorp’s dock that gave “the jolly good town” its name?

No, not according to the history keepers of the county, such as Hjalmer Holand.

In his Old Peninsula Days, Holand writes that the area was named by the Ojibwa and Menominee Indians who had a village on the site in the early 1800s, years before Increase Claflin carved out a space for his cabin in 1844 and became the first white settler in the area.

limestone of the Rock of Gibraltar on the Iberian peninsula.

Claflin and those who followed — Peter Weborg, Evan Nelson, Jacob St. Ores, John and Steven Norton, L.P. Hill, John Torrey, Martin Minor, and Asa Thorp and his two brothers, Jacob and Levi — must have thought the Indian name for the place was just fine.

By 1899 Fish Creek had: 4 piers 2 hotels 4 general stores 1 post office 1 school 1 sawmill 3 churches 2 cemeteries 1 cooper shop

As these men and their families devoted themselves to the growth of the unincorporated community of Fish Creek (Grand boosters to the core), in 1857 the Town of Gibraltar — including Fish Creek — was incorporated, so named for the rocky bluffs that must have reminded someone of the Jurassic

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As Holand writes, Fish Creek was “not the product of concerted purpose” but “was the accidental meeting place of a number of individuals, who were driven thither by fortuitous circumstances.”

It was during that prosperous time for the community that the Goodrich Steamship Lines began bringing visitors for the summer. And the rest, as they say, is history.

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