Kewaunee County History

Historical articles about Kewaunee County and, specifically, Ahnapee/Algoma.

Friday, April 21, 2023

Kewaunee County History: Patent Medicines & Algoma/Ahnapee

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In the first 100 years of its existence, nearly all of of Ahnapee/Algoma drug stores were on Steele Street, between 3rd and 4th. They includ...
Monday, April 3, 2023

Algoma - In Your Easter Bonnet

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Wikipedia tells us, “An Easter bonnet is any new or fancy hat worn by tradition as a Christian head covering on Easter. It represents the ta...
Tuesday, January 31, 2023

Kewaunee County Ice: It Wasn't Just for Winter

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  “Be careful. It’s icy out there.” “I’m sick of being inside. When’s the bay ice gonna be thick enough for fishing?” That’s January 2023, t...
Friday, January 20, 2023

Algoma and World War ll Rationing: Bay Leaves, Baby Formula, and Eggs, 2023

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  Failing to find bay leaves on grocery shelves is not the worst. The lack of baby formula is. In 2020, the U.S. saw huge toilet paper sho...
Saturday, December 31, 2022

Kewaunee County History: Marking an Ahnapee New Year

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  This picture postcard was sent early in the 1900s Harriet Warner Hall was a 9-year-old child when she arrived with her parents Orin and Ja...
Sunday, December 25, 2022

Kewaunee County History: An 1851 Wolf River Christmas

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  Manhattan Transfer’s “Christmas is a comin’ and the geese are getting fat……” is a popular take on a song arranged by Frank Luther and sung...
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Monday, November 28, 2022

Kewaunee County History & Algoma's Secret Societies

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  Transparency. The buzzword of the 2020s. But transparency doesn't exist and probably never will. Secret societies sound so sinister, y...
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