Sheboygan County Historical Research Center

10/16/2026

Riverside construction, Kohler Company storage shed for materials. By 1916, the map was labeled Kohler.

10/16/2026

Crooked Lake from glass plate negatives. It is a 94 acre lake located in Section 6, Sheboygan, Fond du Lac Counties. It has a maximum depth of 32 feet. Visitors have access to the lake from a public boat landing. Fish include Panfish, Largemouth Bass and Northern Pike.

10/16/2026

Great memories. Ray and Tillie Strojinc Schetter family photos with our Mary Meyer. She's the big girl.

10/16/2026

Do you know the story of Jane Rain and how she is a part of Hika Bay Tavern & Union House's History?
In the 1800's, now Hika Bay, was a large timber port. The schooner ships would load and unload at Hika Point's no longer existing several hundred-yard-long pier.
The sailors would then walk up to the Union House, which is the current Hika Bay Tavern & Union House. Here they could get a haircut, order food and drink, and rent one of 9 rooms upstairs (which usually also came with a woman... 🤭) Jane Rain was one of these women!
On the ill-fated evening of March 6th 1866, Jane Rain got into an argument with one of her sailor patrons and was murdered in the upper level of the tavern. She still lies just 2 blocks to the west of the tavern in the St George Catholic Cemetery. Her murderer was never identified or captured.

10/16/2026

Great memories and history.

GO BREW GO

10/14/2026

Does anyone know where the artifacts and records from Sheboygan's early synagogues went?

Sheboygan had four synagogues - Adas Israel, Ahavas Sholem, Ohel Mosche and currently Beth El, built in 1950.

We've been in contact with Beth El and they don't know the answer either.

10/13/2026

Does anyone recognize anyone in this group of young ladies in some spectacular dresses? Miss Bratwurst Queen? Miss Sheboygan? An H. C. Prange fashion show?