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Door County, Wisconsin
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Door County is the easternmost county in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. Its population was 30,066 at the 2020 census. Its county seat and largest city is Sturgeon Bay, with a population of 9,646.
Fish Creek
Fish Creek
Graves of Increase Claflin and family
Graves of Increase Claflin and family
Excursion party on the Sailor Boy; postmarked 1906 in Sturgeon Bay. The Sailor Boy and other small steamboats stopped at Menominee to take on rail pas
Excursion party on the Sailor Boy; postmarked 1906 in Sturgeon Bay. The Sailor Boy and other small steamboats stopped at Menominee to take on rail passengers. Since rail service was faster, tourists from Chicago would first take a northbound train in order to board steamboats bound for resort communities.
This 1924 postcard produced by Curt Teich & Company reads, "Cedar Glen, one of the many free tourists' camp sites in Peninsula State Park, Door County
This 1924 postcard produced by Curt Teich & Company reads, "Cedar Glen, one of the many free tourists' camp sites in Peninsula State Park, Door County Wisconsin."
Porte des Morts
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Porte des Morts, also known as Porte des Mortes, the Door of Death, and Death's Door, is a strait linking Lake Michigan and Green Bay between the northern tip of the Door Peninsula and the southernmos
Door County, Wisconsin
…with a population of 9,646. Door County is named after the strait between the Door Peninsula and Washington Island. This dangerous passage, known as Death's Door, contains shipwrecks and was known to Native Americans and early French explorers. The county was created in 1851 and organized in 1861. Nicknamed the…
If the Porte des Morts battle happened it could have occurred here at Door Bluff (also called Deathdoor Bluff). This is typical of a number of places
If the Porte des Morts battle happened it could have occurred here at Door Bluff (also called Deathdoor Bluff). This is typical of a number of places on the northern coast of the Door Peninsula. The escarpment seen here is between 15 and 20 feet high. Above that is a gentle slope up for about 50 feet and another similar escarpment above that. The broad flat rocks at the base of the cliff are high enough to be out of most of the surf in stormy seas, yet low enough to be awash in a rogue wave. At the time this photo was taken, the lake was about 1.8 feet below its long term average level. The wind was from the south at about 15 mph, gusting to about 25 mph. In the "Detail of NOAA Chart #14909" (above), Deathdoor Bluff is the point at the far left of the chart.
"A small ledge just above the water at Door Bluff County Park, measuring about 6 feet by 18 feet."
"A small ledge just above the water at Door Bluff County Park, measuring about 6 feet by 18 feet."
A couple observing a wreck in the Porte des Morts; from a postcard prior to 1915
A couple observing a wreck in the Porte des Morts; from a postcard prior to 1915
Porte des Morts Passage from beach at Northport, showing ferry harbor breakwater and Plum Island at left, Detroit Island center, and Pilot Island at r
Porte des Morts Passage from beach at Northport, showing ferry harbor breakwater and Plum Island at left, Detroit Island center, and Pilot Island at right. An abandoned lighthouse is the only structure on Pilot Island.