By Mary Marik In 1870, when emigration from Iceland to North America began, the population of the whole of Iceland was about 70,000. (The population of Green Bay today is about 105,000.) During … [Read more...]
Archives for December 2013
TOWN SQUARE – A Love Note to Washington Island
By Rick Carson As a child from suburban Chicago, I spent many enjoyable summer weeks on the Island in the early 1950s with my fishing-loving dad (and sometimes mom) at Cedar Lodge on West Harbor … [Read more...]
Timothy Tree Frog: From a small Ohio pond to the Island
By Patricia Hewitt A few years ago Island resident Audrey Nourse was visiting her granddaughter, Giulia Shelton, now age 10, in Ohio. One spring evening they heard frogs singing. Giulia was … [Read more...]
