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“Boys Start Off on Cruise To Gulf in 21-Foot Boat” from the October 23, 1936 Door County Advocate
Hitch-hiking, or hitch-cruising, as it should more rightly be called, was resorted to in making the first leg of the trip to Milwaukee, the “lift” being…
“‘Miss Is Good as a Mile,’ Writes English Woman on Being Rocked by Big Bomb” from the December 6, 1940 Door County Advocate
Do you know we are getting so used to the Blighters getting here nights and days that people are beginning to take no notice whatever of them. We have…
"Mike Raye hitch-hiked to meet Plains matriarch" from the January 20, 1977 Door County Advocate
He decided on the spur of the moment to hitch-hike from St. Petersburg, Fla., (where his Clockwork band was playing) to Plains, Ga., a distance of 500…
“The Happy Hiker: a summer of thumbing it in Door county” from the December 6, 1979 Door County Advocate
But the hitchhiking summer was a safe adventure for a middle-aged man and I put my thumb down with a little misgiving. I made some new acquaintances…
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