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“Winning Essay Outlines Wisconsin’s War Record” from the November 28, 1947 Door County Advocate
“Forward!” Wisconsin’s motto seems to be the battle cry of her soldiers, also. During every national conflict they have shown such valor and bravery…
“Remembers black team that Lost struggle in the ice” from the January 27, 1970 Door County Advocate
Bill and Prince were beautiful horses. They were father’s pride and joy. They were brothers, Bill one year younger than Prince and both exactly the same…
“Have Fun With Frogs, Hawgs” from the August 12, 1958 Door County Advocate
It rained hard Sunday afternoon and everyone connected with the Corpus Christi parish picnic and bazaar was unhappy about it. Everybody, that is, but…
“Decorated Feline Trouper Isn’t Hungry for ‘Catnip’” from the July 22, 1952 Door County Advocate
Medals are ordinarily associated with heroic deeds, but Tiger, a cat owned by Rev. and Mrs. Wendell Hansen, has just received an award for being her…
“Gets in Public Eye” from the January 29, 1925 Door County Advocate
Tagging wild birds as a means of studying migration has been begun at the University of Wisconsin by stud­ents Harold C. Wilson, Ephraim, and Wallace B…
“Spiders, seagulls and thunderstorms among August memories” from the August 22, 1978 Door County Advocate
Isn’t it funny how some word, a picture, or even some smell will waft an old-time memory buried deep in your subconscious?
“Notes of the Herring Gull and the Caspian Tern.” from the October 1906 Bulletin of the Wisconsin Natural History Society
A link: https://books.google.com/books?id=w_XOAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA113
“Egg Harbor.” from the September 3, 1895 Door County Advocate
So many bears have been seen in this vicinity recently as to justify the belief that “the woods are full of them.”
Some links about piping plovers in Wisconsin
Four links describing their history and efforts to help them.
A single Wilson’s Phalarope was seen on July 27, 2024
They are more commonly encountered further west.
Amphibian Monitoring Report
https://crossroadsatbigcreek.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/CrossroadsFrogMonitoringReport2021-v2.pdf
"April Fool Weather, Skunks, Club Events, News in Ephraim" from the April 6, 1950 Door County Advocate
Apr. 4, and all the month to date has been April Fool's day for we have been having March instead of April weather. Snow and more snow with Palm Sunday…
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