Monday, March 16, 2020

Kewaunee County, Algoma and the Polio Epidemic of 1955

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COVID 19 has prompted more than a few commentators to quote Franklin Roosevelt by saying, “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.”...
Monday, February 24, 2020

The 1890s: Ahnapee is Lit Up

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During mid-January 1891, the City of Sturgeon Bay announced an electrical lighting contract with Ahnapee’s A. Hamacek & Co. Adolph...
Sunday, February 9, 2020

Ahnapee/Algoma & the MacArthur Family

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Douglas MacArthur from Wikipedia Those of a certain age need not be historians to recognize the name Douglas MacArthur. They remember ...
Sunday, December 15, 2019

Algoma: Christmas and Pearl Harbor

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In early December 1941, Algoma and all of Kewaunee County was preparing for Christmas. There were anxious days. There was more than ...
Sunday, December 1, 2019

Algoma: Thanksgiving 1920

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It was November 1920. World War l was over, the Armistice was signed, some men were home while others were still coming home, and Al...
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Tuesday, November 5, 2019

Kewaunee County's English Settlement: One Settlement Within Another

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By the mid-1850s, a section of present-day Algoma was called “the English settlement.”   That settlement within a settlement would hav...
Monday, October 7, 2019

History is Made: Algoma and It's First Woman Council Member

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There is no doubt millions of U.S. citizens felt it was a man’s world until passage of the 19 th Amendment, giving women the right to vot...