Editing Door County, Wisconsin (section)

====Early tourism====
Even after the Ahnapee and Western extended service to Sturgeon Bay in 1894, many tourists continued taking the [[Milwaukee Road|railroad]] to [[Menominee, Michigan]]{{efn|See the [[:File:Map of Chicago Milwauke and St Paul Superior Divsion 1899 Door County Advocate.png|1899 rail map]].}} to embark on steamships bound for communities in Door County. This route over Green Bay bypassed poor road conditions in the northern part of the county, which persisted until the early 1920s. Only after crushed stone highways were built did motor and [[Horse-drawn vehicle|horse-drawn]] coaches become popular for transportation between Sturgeon Bay and the northern part of the peninsula.<ref>{{harvp|Wiley|1990|pp = 110–115 }}.</ref><ref name="2030 plan"/> By 1909 at least 1,000 tourists visited per year,<ref>{{cite book |url = https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc2.ark:/13960/t7br8sm8w&view=1up&seq=47 |title = State parks for Wisconsin. Report of John Nolen, Landscape Architect, With Letter of Transmittal by State Park Board |first = John |last = Nolen |year = 1909 |page = 31 }}</ref> a figure which grew to about 125,000 in 1920,<ref>{{cite magazine |url = https://books.google.com/books?id=zEB653Mpa54C&q=125%2C000 |title = Wisconsin's Wonderland |first = Roy J. |last = Schuknecht |magazine = See America First Magazine |volume = 7 |issue = 4 |date = May–June 1921 |page = 103 }}</ref> 1 million in 1969,<ref>{{cite magazine |title = Wisconsin's Door Peninsula 'A Kingdom So Delicious' |first = William S. |last = Ellis |magazine = National Geographic |date = March 1969 |page = 350 }}</ref> 1.25 million in 1978,<ref>{{cite book |url = https://books.google.com/books?id=SGw5AQAAMAAJ |title = Environmental Impact Statement for Proposed Acquisition, Development and Management of Grand Traverse Islands State Park, Door County Wisconsin |author = Bureau of Environmental Impact |publisher = Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources |date = June 1978 |page = 35 |chapter-url =https://books.google.com/books?id=SGw5AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA35 |chapter = Recreational Demand }}</ref> and 1.9 million in 1995.<ref>{{cite book |chapter-url = https://books.google.com/books?id=oQ2adpfyT34C&q=%22per+year+visit+the+Door%22&pg=PR10-IA3 |title = Final Environmental Impact Statement, Project I.D. 1480-04/08-00, STH 57, STH 54 - STH 42 Brown, Kewaunee and Door Counties |chapter = Appendix E, Bay Shore County Park 4(f)/6(4) Evaluation, Purpose and Need for Proposed Action, Part C. Need for the Action |date = December 3, 1998 |page = 10 }}</ref>