Travel Reference
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Forthemostpart,thegreatoldbayisn'tvisibleatall.Ifyouwantalakesidetour,Highways
J, S, and Y, in that order, really track the bay.
Copper Culture State Park
(920/826-7304) lies on the north bank of the Oconto River.
Thesitehasyielded45ceremonialburialsitesfrom4,500yearsago,duringtheOldCopper
period. The park is quite understated (show up in winter and you'll probably be alone) and
contains a minuscule museum, open weekends in summer.
At the corner of Chicago and Main Streets is the first church ever built by the Christian
Science religion.
A good side trip to quaff a brew,
Hunters and Fisherman's Bar
(133 W. Main St.,
920/829-5228) in Lena, is chock-full of unbelievable taxidermy. While in Lena, stop by the
great
Kugel Cheese Mart
(Old Hwy. 141, 920/829-5537,
www.kugelscheese.com
)
, too.
A—make that
the
—highlight here is the old church turned into the
Peshtigo Fire Museum
(Oconto Ave., 715/582-3244,
www.peshtigofire.info
, 10am-4:30pm daily June-Oct. 8—the
fire's anniversary, free). The museum is rather Spartan—scant objects survived the furnace
heat—but as such is quite a powerful encapsulation of the grim 1871 Peshtigo fire. A few
pictures in particular offer a powerful look at the tragedy. There's a somber cemetery adja-
cent, in which several hundred of the victims are interred.
