Tuesday, January 30, 2018

Kewaunee County, Algoma, 1918 & Influenza

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An article in the January 23, 1918 issue of USA Today tells readership the “flu season is wretched, but it’s not the worst.” The worst was ...
Tuesday, January 23, 2018

Ahnapee and Algoma: The Milk Routes

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Carnival Guernsey Dairy 1954 Algoma, and Ahnapee before it, had any number of dairies. Ted Blahnik’s Carnival Dairy is perhaps the...
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Wednesday, January 3, 2018

Kewaunee County Christmas: 1941

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On Friday December 5, 1941, Kewaunee County residents were preparing for Christmas. The "Christmas Season" had not yet started,...
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Sunday, December 3, 2017

Ahnapee/Algoma and the Wind Ships

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What a sight Lake Michigan must have been in the days of the wind ships. What it must have been like to witness 12 or 15 -  or even more - ...
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Friday, November 24, 2017

Ahnapee's Bastar Hotel

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An 1883 Ahnapee Record called the Bastar Hotel, at the northeast corner of 4 th and Clark Streets in present-day Algoma, fine for men and ...
Friday, October 20, 2017

A Kewaunee County Mystery: A Hamlet Called Peot

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Peot: Town 24, Range 23, Section 25, Kewaunee County Peot is a well known surname in Kewaunee and Door Counties. Few, however, ...
Thursday, September 14, 2017

Days of Alphabet Soup: Algoma & the Depression

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Algoma's Most Visible Reminder of the Days of Alphabet Soup Kewaunee County folks felt the Great Depression as badly as it was fe...
Wednesday, September 6, 2017

Rio Creek: John Albrecht and the Wisconsin Chief Fanning Mills

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John Albrecht's patented Wisconsin Chief Fanning Mill One hundred fifty years ago, millers and smithys enjoyed a certain prominen...
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Tuesday, July 4, 2017

Classroom Magic: Wisconsin School of the Air

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Static. Crackling. Whistling. The radio was on. Chairs were scraping as they were pulled across the floor. Kids sat straight with hands f...
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