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2. National Register of Historic Places listings in Door County ...

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   Hillside Hotel: March 27, 1985 : 9980 S. Water St. Ephraim: One of the first hotels in Ephraim, opened around 1900 as the area transitioned from lumber and fishing to tourism. Started by Norwegian immigrant Martin Oleson and his family. Includes wooden hotel, cottages and outbuildings, with one started as early as 1864.

3. Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin - Wikipedia

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   Sturgeon Bay is a city in and the county seat of Door County, Wisconsin, United States. [3] The population was 9,646 at the 2020 census.Located at the bay of Sturgeon Bay for which it is named, it is the most-populous city on the Door Peninsula, a popular Upper Midwest vacation destination.

4. Sister Bay, Wisconsin - Wikipedia

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   Wisconsin: County: Door: Area [1] • Total. 3.57 sq mi ... (2.59 km 2) is water. ... Country House Resort, was the first homestead in Sister Bay, Door County ...

5. Door Peninsula - Wikipedia

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   The name of the peninsula and the county comes from the name of a route between Green Bay and Lake Michigan. Humans, whether Native Americans, early explorers, or American ship captains, have been well aware of the dangerous water passage that lies between the Door Peninsula and Washington Island, connecting the bay to the rest of Lake Michigan.

6. Door County, Wisconsin - Wikipedia

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   Door County's name came from Porte des Morts ("Death's Door"), the passage between the tip of Door Peninsula and Washington Island. [5] The name "Death's Door" came from Native American tales, heard by early French explorers and published in greatly embellished form by Hjalmar Holand, which described a failed raid by the Ho-Chunk (Winnebago) tribe to capture Washington Island from the rival ...

7. Baileys Harbor, Wisconsin - Wikipedia

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   Baileys Harbor is a town in Door County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 1,003 at the 2000 census. The unincorporated community of Peninsula Center is located in the town. The census-designated place of Baileys Harbor is also located with the town.