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Peninsula Pet of the Week: Lola

Lola is a beautiful bunny available for adoption at the Wisconsin Humane Society Door County Campus!This 2 ½-year-old darling ishoping to hop her way into your heart this holiday season. Lola is happiest being the only rabbit in her home as […]

Washington Island and Thorstein Veblen

From 1896 to 1926, the world famous Economist Thorstein Veblen spent his summers on Washington Island. In 1916 he built a study cabin and a home for his wife and two step daughters. The study cabin has been moved and […]

The U.S. Mail Comes to Door County (1854)

(Originally published in Door County Almanak No. 3, by Dragonsbreath Press) By James B. Hale Anyone who has lived in a small town and is old enough to remember times before radio and television became a way of life knows […]

The Fisherman’s Wife (1934-35)

(Originally published in Door County Almanak No. 3, by Dragonsbreath Press) By Frances May Fifty years ago, I learned what it was like to live in the teeming household of a fishing family. The Joe Mays supplemented their farm income […]