Backroads of Door County lead to surprises, solitude

Backroads of Door County lead to surprises, solitude

Apr 7, 2016 | FVWD News, Image

Our client Coyote Roadhouse in Door County, Wisconsin was recently mentioned in a nice article by Jay Jones from the Chicago Tribune about some hidden treasures off the back roads of Door County, WI.

….it’s a short hop up to Egg Harbor before heading east across the peninsula on County E. A good place to recharge with a drink or a meal is Coyote Roadhouse (3026 County E, Baileys Harbor, 920-839-9192; www.coyote-roadhouse.com), which sits along Kangaroo Lake, so named because someone once thought its shape resembled a ‘roo.

In winter, the tavern draws mostly locals, including ice fishermen from the lake. In warmer months, people launch their canoes and kayaks just steps from the outdoor deck.

“It’s launch, then lunch,” noted owner Carrie Graybill, a Palatine native whose family bought the place 16 years ago. The moderately priced menu includes everything from burgers to salads to steak. Patrons who stop in on Tuesday won’t want to miss the homemade turkey pot pie.

Read the full article:  http://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/travel/ct-door-county-backroads-travel-0403-20160322-story.html

Happy St. Patty’s Day

Happy St. Patty’s Day

Mar 17, 2016 | FVWD News, Industry News, Standard

Kilbennan_St._Benin's_Church_Window_St._Patrick_Detail_2010_09_16Saint Patrick’s Day, or the Feast of Saint Patrick  is a cultural and religious celebration held on 17 March, the traditional death date of Saint Patrick (c. AD 385–461), the foremost patron saint of Ireland.  Saint Patrick depicted in a stained glass window at Saint Benin’s Church, Ireland

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A St Patrick’s Day parade in Dublin

A St Patrick’s Day religious procession in Downpatrick, where Saint Patrick is said to be buried

Saint Patrick’s feast day, as a kind of national day, was already being celebrated by the Irish in Europe in the ninth and tenth centuries. In later times, he became more and more widely seen as the patron of Ireland. Saint Patrick’s feast day was finally placed on the universal liturgical calendar in the Catholic Church due to the influence of Waterford-born Franciscan scholar Luke Wadding in the early 1600s. Saint Patrick’s Day thus became a holy day of obligation for Roman Catholics in Ireland.

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Oshkosh, Wisconsin ~ Drone Aerial Photography

Oshkosh, Wisconsin ~ Drone Aerial Photography

Nov 10, 2015 | Audio, FVWD News, Gallery, Image, Industry News, Link, Quote, Standard, Video

I had the pleasure of working in Oshkosh, Wisconsin the other day doing some commercial aerial photography for a real estate client in California.

Wikipedia about Oshkosh

Oshkosh is a city in Winnebago County, Wisconsin, United States, located where the Fox River enters Lake Winnebago from the west.

Oshkosh was named for Menominee Chief Oshkosh, whose name meant “claw” (Ojibwe oshkanzh, “the claw”).  Although the fur trade brought the first European settlers to the area as early as 1818, it never became a major player in the fur trade. It was the establishment and growth of the lumber industry in the area that spurred development of Oshkosh.

The lumber industry became well established as businessmen took chief-oshkosh-beer-can-fvwdadvantage of navigable waterways to provide access to both markets and northern pineries. The 1859 arrival of rail transportation expanded the ability to meet the demands of a rapidly growing construction market.   At one time, Oshkosh was known as the “Sawdust Capital of the World” due to the number of lumber mills in the city, 11 by 1860. By 1874, there were 47 sawmills and 15 shingle mills. By 1870, Oshkosh had become the third-largest city in Wisconsin with a population of over 12,000. The Oshkosh Daily Northwestern newspaper (now the Oshkosh Northwestern) was founded around this time, as was the Oshkosh State Normal School (now the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh).   In 1875, Oshkosh had a “Great Fire” that consumed homes and businesses along Main Street north of the Fox River. The fire had engulfed 70 stores, 40 factories, and 500 homes costing nearly $2.5 million (or $51.2 million in 2010 money) in damage.

Around 1900 Oshkosh was home of the Oshkosh Brewing Company, which coined the marketing slogan “By Gosh It’s Good.” Its Chief Oshkosh became a nationally distributed beer.