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Fort Howard on the 1835 Tourist's Pocket Map of Michigan among the "Mennomonie" villages of Wisconsin Territory 44°31′N 88°1′W / 44.517°N 88.017°W / 44.517; -88.017 ( Fort Howard (closed 1853, location approximate) ) Fort Howard was a 19th-century fortification in the north central United States , built by the U
0.15 miles (0.24 km) northeast of the Baileys Harbor Marina entrance, in Baileys Harbor, Lake Michigan Coordinates missing: Baileys Harbor vicinity: 112-foot wood-hulled two-masted schooner built in 1854 by Alanson Gilmore at Black River, Ohio. Hauled grain, lumber and other bulk cargo around the Great Lakes.
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 ...
Jacksonport is a town in Door County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 738 at the 2000 census. The population was 738 at the 2000 census. The unincorporated communities of Jacksonport and West Jacksonport are located in the town.
Fort McCoy is a United States Army Reserve installation on 60,000 acres (24,000 ha) between Sparta and Tomah, Wisconsin, in Monroe County. In 1909, there were two separate camps named Camp Emory Upton and Camp Robinson; in 1926, these camps were joined together to form Camp McCoy. [1]
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Egg Harbor is located at (45.049304, -87.297725 [5]According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 6.93 square miles (17.95 km 2), of which, 2.46 square miles (6.37 km 2) of it is land and 4.47 square miles (11.58 km 2) is water.
Detroit Island is an island in Lake Michigan in the southern part of the town of Washington in Door County, Wisconsin, United States. The island has a land area of 2.578 km 2 (0.9955 sq mi, or 637.12 acres), [1] [2] out of which 27.6% is open to the public. [3] The northern end of the island borders the waters of Detroit Harbor.