Door County Land Trust
Pebble Beach Stories
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Since Door County Land Trust announced the effort to protect Pebble Beach, hundreds of comments, stories and photos have poured in. From vacationers who remember summer days to the families with deep roots on the land, Pebble Beach is a truly cherished place. Share your stories, memories, and pictures below. After review, we’ll post them on this page and on our Facebook page.
For years, when our children were little, Pebble Beach was a port of call when we sailed our little family sailboat around Little Sister Bay. We would look forward to having a picnic on the beach. I remember wearing old tennis shoes to walk over the rocks from the sailboat. There was always peace and…
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The Aleda (Ah-lee-da) was my great grandfather, J.O. Lindem’s boat. I think that he built it. The original homestead down near the beach was – I think – J.O.’s brother’s home and blacksmith shop – but I’m not sure about that. The ownership around that time is a little murky and the dates were “off”…
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Our family has spent summers on the point on the SW side of Little Sister Bay since 1915 when my grandfather bought our property from a fisherman’s widow. The fisherman was named John Larson (buried in Little Sister cemetery). John’s fish house is still along the shore and can be seen in the attached aerial…
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