Baraboo, Dells, and Devil's Lake Region. Harry Ellsworth Cole

      Published by Good Press, 2019

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      EAN 4064066157395

      Table of Contents

       Foreword

       Index

       CHAPTER I Origin of Name and First Settlers at Baraboo—Museum—Where Ringlings First Pitched a Tent

       Museum in Courthouse

       The First Courthouse

       The Al. Ringling Theatre

       The Al. Ringling Residence

       The First Church

       An Early College

       A Literary Atmosphere

       Library Where a Church Stood

       Home of the Gollmars

       Where The Ringlings First Pitched a Tent

       A Dream of Jugs

       The Lincoln Elm

       No Lions Now

       Largest Mill This Side of Philadelphia

       Lyons

       An Early Home

       The City Park

       The First House in Baraboo

       An Old Hop House

       The First School

       CHAPTER II Old Opera House—Cemetery on the Hill—Deserted Ringlingville—Bunn the Baker of Baraboo

       Where Celebrities Were Heard

       The Oldest Living Thing in Town

       Church With Memorial Windows

       A Giant of the Town

       Relatives of a Movie Star

       Other Ringling Homes

       The Baraboo Cemetery

       The Hull House

       House With Many Gables

       Church With Beautiful Windows

       Deserted Ringlingville

       A Pioneer Home

       Bunn The Baker of Baraboo

       Birds of Many Feathers

       An Idea Makes a Million

       CHAPTER III Devil's Lake State Park—Geology of the Baraboo Hills—The Glacial Epoch—Scenic Wonders

       An Iron Mine

       Entering the Park

       Geological Wonder of the World

       The Glacial Epoch

       The Lake at Present

       History

       First Visited

       Climbing the Mountain

       Elephant Rock and Cave

       The Tomahawk Rock

       Devil's Doorway

       Once a Waterfall

       The West