Wisconsin Highway 42
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State Trunk Highway 42 is a state highway in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. It runs for 135 miles north–south in northeast Wisconsin from Sheboygan to the ferry dock in Northport. Much of the highway is
The three-highway terminus in Sheboygan featuring WIS 42 going northward
Sign for the junction of WIS 42 and WIS 57 south of Sturgeon Bay
Curvy section near northern terminus
Northern terminus in 2020
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.
Wisconsin Highway 42
…River. On the north bank of the river, WIS 42 turns northwest onto North Water Street and follows the river in a northerly direction to Forestville in Door County, where it becomes Forestville Avenue. Because of the geographical features and terrain of Door County, WIS 42 makes many abrupt turns as it nears its…
Fish Creek
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 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 Wisconsin."