When you start researching Port Washington, things get interesting really fast! Did you know that in 1850, the legislature decided to split the county into a northern section, which would remain Washington County, with Port Washington as its seat. The southern section would be Tuskola County, with its seat at Cedarburg. Tuskola never came to be as voters failed to ratified the split, but three years later, Ozaukee County was created. Plus, Abraham Lincoln was reputed to have stayed in Port Washington for some time in 1835. Images from the Wisconsin Historical Society, Kenosha History Center, Mead Public Library, Door County Maritime Museum & Lighthouse Preservation Society, Inc., and the Milwaukee Public Library.