Door County Culture

History

The Living Past

by Trygvie Jensen Commercial fishing is one of the oldest professions known to man. The industry has survived for nearly two hundred years on the Great Lakes. Commercial fishermen are our living past, but confronting an uncertain future. They epit...

Confronting A Dying Future

by Trygvie Jensen Over the last 150 years, the commercial fishery has dwindled to a mere shadow of what it once was. At the turn of the 20th century, Door County alone boasted over 400 fishermen, and was one of the main industries to many of the c...

A Way of Life (Poems)

It’s in my blood… It is my way, An old fisherman once had said. Winds will blow, and seas will spray, This old lake gives to me my daily bread. In my sturdy boat upon the rolling deep, Where winds will blow and waves will break, Setting nets ...
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Door County Almanak

Door County Almanak – Hickey Brothers Fishery

Excerpt from Almanak No. 1 Hickey Brothers Fishery: Following in the Steps of Grandfather Commercial fishing: a chance to play for a living. You get a little exercise, a little fresh air, a little action. You ride around in a boat and catch a few...

Door County Almanak – The Hill Orchard

Excerpt from Almanak No. 2 The Hill Orchard: Continuing a Family Tradition It was a warm August afternoon when I followed Jean Hill’s green pickup truck down to the Ray Nordeen place on Old Stage Road, just a quarter mile south of the Scandia int...

Door County Almanak – The Fish Boil

Excerpt from Almanak No. 3 Door County’s Famous Fish Boil The “fish boil” has become one of Door County’s biggest tourist attractions. Many questions have been asked—A fish what? What does it taste like? How is it done? Fish, potatoes, and onions...
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Cartoons

The Hidden Door

Photo Booth

Cover of the 2011 Door County Go Guide

We just drive when we're out taking pictures and chase the light around. We may have a vague idea of where we'd like to be when the golden light arrives, but as often as not, we find ourselves before a scene we didn't expect at all. It may be a scene...

Artist Profiles

WHAT WE DO IN WINTER - AN ISLAND GALLERY

Winter in Door County can be intimidating to the summer visitor. It's so cold! they say, and what do you do all winter? On Washington Island, the locals have answered this question the best way Door County knows how: with art. Welcome to the What We ...

PAMELA MURPHY – IT'S ALL IN THE GESTURE

By: David Penpek As we pull up to Pamela Murphy’s farm, we are stopped by a fence and get out of the car to pull it away from the driveway before pulling into the property. We are here to film a segment of the Door Guide Publishing TV series “Doo...

STEPHANIE TRENCHARD – PAINTINGS IN GLASS

By: Diane McNeil Some artists wait for the muse to grab them or drag them along for the ride; some count on the vagaries of creativity or the mood of the day, and some look to the phases of the moon. Not Stephanie Trenchard. “It’s my job,” she tol...
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