ABOUT THIS BOOK

With its magnificent forests, bluffs, and shoreline and its breathtaking views of Green Bay and Lake Michigan, Door County’s Peninsula State Park is one of the Midwest’s most popular attractions. Established in 1909, it was Wisconsin’s second state park and a key to pioneering efforts to build a state park system that would be the envy of the nation.

Door County’s Emerald Treasure explores the rich history of the park land, from its importance to Native Americans and early European settlers through the twentieth century. Bill Tishler engagingly relates the role of conservationists and progressives in establishing the state park, its growing popularity for tourism and recreation, and efforts to protect the park’s resources from a variety of threats. Tishler also tells a larger story of Americans’ intimate relationship with the land around them and the challenge to create accessible public spaces that preserve the natural environment.

AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY

William H. Tishler is a Door County native and professor emeritus of landscape architecture at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. An award-winning author, he developed the master plan for Old World Wisconsin and has served as chair of the Wisconsin Historic Preservation Review Board.

REVIEWS

"William Tishler's broad historical framework highlights the significance of the Peninsula Park story in the American experience."—Margaret Beattie Bogue, author of Around the Shores of Lake Michigan

"Drawing on his life-long observations, William Tishler brings to life the history and diverse landscapes of this unique Door County gem."—William G. Laatsch, University of Wisconsin-Green Bay

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Contents
Illustrations	000
Preface		000
Acknowledgments	000
1. Patterns of The Park's Landscape	000
2. The Native Americans	000
3. Early Residents: The Park's Pioneers	000
4. Weborg Point	000
5. Eagle Lighthouse: Guardian Of The Green Bay Passage	000
6. Thomas Reynolds, John Nolen, and Legislation to Establish The New Park	000
7. Naming The Park and Purchasing The Land	000
8. The Doolittle Years	000
9. Camp Meenahga	000
10. The Golf Course: One of Wisconsin's Finest	000
11. Potawatomi: Peninsula's Sister Park	000
12. Camp Peninsular and the CCC	000
13. The CCC Controversy	000
14. Winter Sports	000
15. World War II and Beyond at the Park	000
Notes	000
Bibliography	000
Index	000

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