Name/Title
'Brief History of Door County, Wisconsin" - by Chas I. MartinEntry/Object ID
2000.08.01Description
History of Door County, Wisconsin, Together With Biographies of Nearly Seven Hundred Families, and Mention of 4,000 Persons - by Chas. I. Martin - 1881.
This is the first known written history of Door County and it's towns. Included are short biographies of each town's earliest settlers. Also, glued to the inside covers, is an early newspaper article about Robert Noble's experience of crossing Death's Door in the winter of 1864.
The hand written notes found in the book were added by the original Dreutzer owners.
While researchers are very thankful that Martin published this history, CAUTION is urged in using the biographical information as many errors have been found in dates and names.
Physical Characteristics: 1 tan, hard covered book, green binding, 4 1/2" x 6 3/4" x 3/8" thick, approx. 140 pages.Collection
Door County Archives Book CollectionCataloged By
Sally TreichelAcquisition
Accession
2000.08Source or Donor
Mr. & Mrs. Blaine DreutzerAcquisition Method
GiftLexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
BookNomenclature Sub-Class
Other DocumentsNomenclature Class
Documentary ObjectsNomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication ObjectsSearch Terms
Book, History, Door CountyLocation
Category
PermanentDate
September 26, 2025Provenance
Notes
Custodial History: This book originally belonged to the Dreutzer family, was given to the Door County Maritime Museum which gave it to the Door County Archives, as being better suited to the Archives' collection.General Notes
Note
Notes: Due to the rarity of this book and it's condition, it will be kept in the office of the Door County Historical Society/Door County Archives and photocopies will be used by researchers.
Condition note: Sept. 11, 2000 - The book, in spite of it's age, is in fairly good condition, except that it's binding is completely gone. Therefore it has been placed in archivally safe materials normally used for storing glass negatives. The usual storage containers for rare books are too large for this book.
Status: OKCreate Date
December 9, 2000Update Date
July 7, 2026