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On Stuntz Avenue at 3rd Street East, on the right when traveling south on Stuntz Avenue.
A man of indomitable faith, he brought culture to a wilderness.
Learning and religion were of first concern. Freely giving to both, he labored unceasingly for a city whose good lay very close to his heart. — — Map (db m94062) HM
On Lake Shore Drive East (U.S. 2) 0.1 miles west of 20th Avenue East, on the right when traveling west.
William Daniel Leahy was born in Iowa in 1875 and his family soon moved to Wisconsin. He graduated from Ashland High School in 1892 and for the rest of his life considered Ashland his home town.
Leahy graduated from the Naval Academy and served . . . — — Map (db m204096) HM
On Ellis Avenue (State Highway 13) north of 16th Street east, on the right when traveling north.
North Wisconsin Academy, founded in 1892 by the Congregational Churches, provided the first high school education available to young people of the small, isolated lumber camp, sawmill and farm communities in the area known as the Great Lakes Pinery, . . . — — Map (db m209668) HM
On Lake Shore Drive West (U.S. 2) at Turner Road, on the right when traveling west on Lake Shore Drive West.
A crude structure of boughs of trees “layed acrosse, one upon an other” was erected near here by Pierre Radisson and Medart Groseilliers in 1659. The two French traders came to Chequamegon Bay from Montreal and Radisson's account of . . . — — Map (db m48410) HM
On Main Street West east of 3rd Avenue West, on the right when traveling east.
This property has been placed on the
National Register of Historic Places
by the United States Department of the Interior
Security Savings Bank 1889 — — Map (db m125034) HM
You might know that Lake Superior is the largest body of freshwater in the world, but did you know that it is large enough to generate its own small tide?
This tidal action, called "seiche,” influences Fish Creek. At times, water from Chequamegon . . . — — Map (db m201391) HM
VOICES IN THE MIST
When the mist turns a waltz along the shoreline, and swirls heavenward via convection, lend your ears to the bay. There are forms in the mist, and in the forms there are faces. The faces smile, and the hint of a melody plays . . . — — Map (db m201384) HM