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DOOR COUNTY — History buffs have a week's worth of explorations, tours and talks to take in from one end of the Peninsula to the other when the third annual Door County History Days takes place ...
The current Door County Family Court Commissioner outpolled longtime Door County-based attorney Brett Reetz, 6,309 to 3,684. The race was to replace D. Todd Ehlers, who did not run for reelection ...
FOR MORE DOOR COUNTY NEWS: Check out our website This article originally appeared on Green Bay Press-Gazette: Tax levy rises, tax rate falls under Door County's 2024 budget Show comments
The name of the peninsula and the county comes from the name of a route between Green Bay and Lake Michigan. Humans, whether Native Americans, early explorers, or American ship captains, have been well aware of the dangerous water passage that lies between the Door Peninsula and Washington Island, connecting the bay to the rest of Lake Michigan.
FOR MORE DOOR COUNTY NEWS: Check out our website This article originally appeared on Green Bay Press-Gazette: Egg Harbor extends deadline for survey on off-road hiking, biking trails Show comments
Door County's name came from Porte des Morts ("Death's Door"), the passage between the tip of Door Peninsula and Washington Island. [5] The name "Death's Door" came from Native American tales, heard by early French explorers and published in greatly embellished form by Hjalmar Holand, which described a failed raid by the Ho-Chunk (Winnebago) tribe to capture Washington Island from the rival ...
Adge from a 1970 real estate ad in the Door County Advocate. In 2019 figures, real estate and leasing was the largest sector of the county's economy. The economy of Door County is similar to that of Bayfield, Iron, Oneida, Sawyer, and Vilas counties. These six northern Wisconsin counties have been categorized as having "forestry-related tourism ...