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Sister Bay Gears up for its 74th Annual Fall Festival in 2019
Sister Bay Gears up for its 74th Annual
Fall Festival in 2019
 
What started as a local "good-bye to our tourist visitors" party for the year-round residents of Sister Bay closing their seasonal businesses has grown into a truly huge economic and social event in northern Door County.  Of course, I'm talking about Fall Festival in Sister Bay, and as we get ready for the 74th year of northern Door's Fall Festival, we'll talk about how the festivities have evolved.
 
The year was 1945; World War II had just ended, and tourism in Door County was really just coming into its own.  Door County had been "discovered" in the age of the steam boat by visitors from Chicago and Milwaukee arriving via Lake Michigan looking to escape the heat in the early 1900s.  When the tourists left that year, the Villagers were in a celebratory mood and the locals decided to throw themselves a party in the streets of Sister Bay with food, music and (of course, this being Wisconsin) some beer.
 
With the advance of the automobile, Door County, with it's much-advertised "natural air conditioning" (and this is true, you only need an air conditioner in the Baileys Harbor area a few days each ... more

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