Horses at the Door County Fair

An old postcard with a photo of Carole's Corral, by Hagedorn Studio. Hwy 57, S. Sister Bay, Adjacent to Pat-I-O Drive In & Motel.

“Enjoy nature's solitude and scenic splendor on guided trails and wooded bridle paths. Gentle, well-trained horses. Old Fashioned Buggy Rides. Carriage Tours. Hayrides. Pony Ring. Fun for the whole family.”

One of Door County’s logging camps

Horses at the Alpine Resort in Egg Harbor.
This is the old picture that used to hang in the bar area.

Horses and wagon by a barn, on Chamber's Island, when Ed Casperson was lighthouse keeper on the island, circa 1910. Photo Courtesy of Greg Casperson

Clearing of the timber at the site of the Sturgeon Bay ship canal, 1870. Edited to add the back of the reprint photo, which looks like it says, “Clearing timber from site of Sturgeon Bay canal, 1870. Digging canal was a big task for power equipment was limited horses and oxen as well as manpower steam shovels were (illegible word) dreamt of in those days.” From Elmer Christensen.

A picture of Maurice Nelson with his cutter and horse. He used to collect the milk used in the cheese factory that he worked in Penninsula Center. The cheese factory was in the building that later housed Washicheks store on this corner (County A and E). So many of us shopped at their general store, for everything from food, work clothes, and even gas through the 70's.

Door County postcard image on the outskirts of Jacksonport, Wisconsin, with a horse and buggy in the foreground. Postmarked November 2, 1909, Lake Michigan can be seen in the distance and a church is on the upper right side. (Jim Baye Collection)

Appaloosa Horses in Door County

How many of us drive by the barn on the corner of Aherns Rd and Hwy 57 and wonder about it? The gray barn with the wooden fences. Ever wonder about it?
At one time, this was the home of Emery ‘Dynamite’ Oldenburg, and his wife Irene, their kids, and their beautiful Appaloosa horses.

Dynamite was a jack of all trades, from working in the shipyards, raising cattle, to wild horse roundups out west, and then buying and selling horses here in the county. He started out with Arabians, moved on to Quarter Horses, before his first Appaloosa in 1966… (if you want to learn more about him, there is an article in the November 18, 1980 edition of Door County Advocate. We paraphrased from this article)

Arabian Horses in Door County

The barns on All Creatures Lane in Baileys Harbor were once home to beautiful Arabian horses. Inis Kea Arabian farms bred and showed some magnificent horses. Most of the horses showed out in Colorado, and called Door County their vacation home in the off season