Gust Klenke's Garage serviced locals and tourists using this Bead Breaker and Tire Changer to replace rubber tires on wheels.
Donor: Lee Telfer — — Map (db m254215) HM
The Clearing is a not-for-profit school for adults, offering classes in the arts, humanities and natural sciences. It was founded by Jens Jensen, renowned landscape architect and conservationist. Born in Denmark in 1860, Jensen immigrated to the . . . — — Map (db m165535) HM
Donors: Jeanette and Myrtle Fitzgerald
This corn crib was already old when it was given to the Fitzgeralds for their farm on Blackberry Rd. in the 1950s. For many years it held corn cobs, which were fed to livestock.
Later, Fitzgerald . . . — — Map (db m254212) HM
The Door Peninsula is an ecological treasure with more shoreline and rare plants and animals than any other county in Wisconsin.
Ancient rivers and glaciers carved valleys through the soft limestone peninsula creating rich and varied . . . — — Map (db m254231) HM
The land surrounding you was once owned by John Ellison. Johan Eliason, later known as John Ellison, was a Danish immigrant who founded this community in 1865. He purchased 8,000 acres of land including a mile of shoreline, and advertised in . . . — — Map (db m130477) HM
This view has inspired people for more than a century.
From this vantage point, you can see Ellison Bay nestled into the wooded bluffs of the Niagara Escarpment, the waters of Green Bay, and Washington Island in the distance. A Door . . . — — Map (db m254230) HM
Donor: Annette Wickman and her family in memory of her cousin Gordon Nelson
Built by Harry Voight, this building was Gordon Nelson's first business adventure in the early 1940s. Later he became the owner and operator of Nelson's Shopping . . . — — Map (db m312096) HM
In 1917, Ferdinand Hotz of Chicago purchased 1,015 acres of land which later became Newport State Park. He thought this was the finest place on earth, and in 1919 he began building an estate that would include the log cabin, carriage house, and . . . — — Map (db m74505) HM
Scandinavian immigrants often told their children stories of giant, mischievous beings connected to nature - mountains, forests and caves.
Do not climb on them because they sometimes ate naughty children in tales from Norway, Sweden and . . . — — Map (db m254227) HM
Near this spot in 1881, a Scandinavian immigrant named Hans Johnson built a large wooden pier. Soon afterward, Johnson and business partner Peter Knudson built a general store, a post office, and a lumber mill. For the next 40 years, these . . . — — Map (db m238630) HM
The limestone bluffs you see along Green Bay are part of the same formation that Niagara Falls plunges over in New York. The Niagara Escarpment arches for a thousand miles around the Great Lakes. Lower layers of soft, erodible shale are . . . — — Map (db m130478) HM
Donor: Leonard Peterson
This outhouse was located behind one of the old cottages at Wagon Trail Resort (now Rowley's Bay Resort). It dates back to the early 1900s.
A two-holer, it still has the original seats. — — Map (db m254214) HM
Donor: Virginia Hanson
The platform swing, which dates back to the early 1900s, originally sat in the side yard of Ruckert's Store/Pioneer Store in Ellison Bay. Carol Newman, owner of the Pioneer Store, passed it on to Russell Hanson about 1995. . . . — — Map (db m254213) HM
"We all travel the Milky Way
together, trees and men."
John Muir
Inspiration and Wonder Now a Rare Experience
The natural night sky, our common and universal heritage, is rapidly becoming unknown to the . . . — — Map (db m265606) HM
Lycopods are prehistoric plants of this forest. Their origin reveals the rich history of the land.
Discover landscapes of the past. Imagine forests of the future.
Paleozoic Era
Silurian
Lycopods Take Root on Land . . . — — Map (db m238655) HM
This bell called students to class at the Rowleys Bay School for about 40 years until the school was consolidated with Wildwood School in the fall of 1923. For 37 years the Rowleys Bay Resort tolled the bell at their fish boils (1986-2023). In 2024 . . . — — Map (db m254159) HM
Donors: Bob & Trudy Jischke
This sleigh was pulled by one horse and most likely used to carry small items, such as milk cans, feed or supplies during the winter.
It came from Gills Rock and dates back to the early 1900's. — — Map (db m254153) HM
This ForestA valuable resource, a way of life
Long ago this forest was the workplace. The air rang with the music of the ax and the crosscut saw.
Sugar MapleAcer saccharum
Maple . . . — — Map (db m289027) HM
The Door Peninsula is a dynamic landscape formed by
water and limestone.
The Niagara Escarpment, a high limestone ridge along Green Bay, tilts at a 6-degree angle toward Lake Michigan where it disappears under water. This limestone is . . . — — Map (db m254228) HM
In memory of the Memmbers of
Trinity Lutheran Church
1885-1988
whose faithfulness laid the foundation for
Shepherd of the Bay Lutheran Church — — Map (db m254315) HM
Dedicated in 2017, the Veterans Memorial / Circle of Honor was designed by the Liberty Grove Historical Society to pay tribute to those who have served in the military. The goal of the adjacent Heritage Walkway is to remember the families and . . . — — Map (db m254244) HM WM
"There is a certain irony to the fact that Wisconsin's only formally designated Wilderness Park was once a bustling village."
—Robert J.W Erwin
Wisconsin Natural Resources Magazine
In a modern world that is accompanied by ever-increasing levels of nighttime illumination, a truly dark sky at night is now rare and unique," Michelle A. Hefty, Park Manager
'Half the Park Is After Dark'
You are . . . — — Map (db m265605) HM
In Memory of the Members of
Zion Lutheran Church
1879-1988
Whose Faithfulness Laid the Foundation for
Shepherd of the Bay Lutheran Church — — Map (db m254307) HM
