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Sauk County, Wisconsin

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Stats

  • Population (2010 census): 61,976, (2019 est.) 64,442
  • County Seat: Baraboo (pop. 12,048 in 2010; 12,165 2019 est.)
  • Largest City: Baraboo

Geography

  • All of Wisconsin Territory should have become the State of Wisconsin 29 May 1848, however in some mixup, there was both a Wisconsin Territory and a State of Wisconsin in existence until 3 March 1849 when the portion that is now Minnesota was territorialized.
  • Sauk County - Organized 10 Jan 1849 from Richland and Brown Counties
    • Cities (3)
      • Baraboo (county seat) (almost named Adams, per recommendation of one of the county commissioners, Mr. Brigham) - The southeast quarter of Section 35, Township 12, North of Range 6 East and an extension south of the Baraboo River became the plat for the "Village of Adams" in April 1847. About the same time, George Brown had his land south of the Baraboo River surveyed and platted, calling it Baraboo. On 14 Jan 1849, they were united under a new name of Brooklyn. However, by May 1856, the village charter was obtained and the two consolidated under the name Baraboo. At some point, the city picked up the nickname of "The Gem City".
        • In the plat submissions, some streets were based off the names of people in the village.[1]
          • Elizabeth Street was named for Mrs. Elizabeth Camp, wife of Arthur Camp, when W. H. Canfield asked Mrs. Rosaline Peck what to name it.
          • Moore Street on the south side of the river is named for Captain Levi Moore, who came to the area in 1840 and gave name to Skillet Creek near where he resided.
          • Maxwell Street was named for James. A. Maxwell, who also first arrived in 1840 and whose family was imperative to the development of water power and pumping for the waterworks.
          • Potter Street was named for H. H. Potter (see portrait in History of Sauk County, page 325) who came to Baraboo in 1849 and married Emma Maxwell, daughter of James A. Maxwell. Died before printing of History in 1880.
          • Withington Street was named for A. H. Withington who emigrated directly from England to Baraboo in 1857 and settled near Devils Lake.
          • Blake Street was named for Martin Blake, who arrived in 1844 with his family, and is considered the first family to settle and build a home here.
          • Guppy Street was named for Col. Guppy of Portage, a friend of Major Chas. Williams whom he admired.
          • Brier Street was named for B. R. Brier who assisted the Maxwells with the water power at the lower rapids.
          • Clark Street was named for Lyman Clark, who came to Baraboo in 1847 and pre-emptied forty acres just southeast of the original village. He later was known as an innskeeper who would accept anyone whether they had money or not.
          • Case Street was named for Mr. H. J. Case residing at the corner of Lynn Avenue and Russell Street in 1917.
          • Tyler Street was named for Mr. M. J. Tyler residing at the corner of Lynn Avenue and aforementioned Tyler Street in 1917.
          • Hitchcock Street was named for Mrs. Leona (Case) Hitchcock, her husband formerly a school teacher in the public schools.
          • Florence Court was named for Florence Jacobs, the daughter of W. H. Jacobs who submitted the plat addition.
          • Hill Street was probably named after James Hill and Ed Hill, both of whom owned considerable property in the area the street ran.
          • Waldo Street was an error, being named after Ed Alexander, but the street committee of the common council thought his name was Waldo.
          • Martin Street was named after Mrs. Martin , the sister of the Browns' who platted their addition in 1873.
          • Crawford Street was named for John B. Crawford who came to Baraboo in 1844 with a group of government surveyors, and whose family played a large economic part of the village's growth.
          • Wood Street was named for J. W. Wood who was a business partner of John Crawford and moved to Baraboo from Walworth County in 1856. Wood's father was a highly educated physician practicing in early Baraboo.
          • Barker Street was named for John Barker of the law firm Barker and Remington of Baraboo. Since coming to Baraboo in 1865, he had held the offices of town clerk. town treasurer, county judge, district attorney, and was the first city attorney for Baraboo.[2]
          • Rosaline Street was named for Rosaline Peck, the first white woman to cross the Baraboo bluffs and make her home in the valley below, first settling with her husband in the village of Manchester in 1840.
          • Victoria and Wheeler Streets are named for Rosaline Peck's daughter, Victoria Wheeler, living in Delton in 1917.[3]
          • Camp Street was named for R. G. Camp who plotted Litchfield (see below).
          • Mills Street was named for Dr. B. F. Mills who came to Baraboo in 1850 and practiced drugs at the corner of Third and Oak, and medicine.
          • Remington Street was named for C. C. Remington (see portrait in History of Sauk County, page 343), head of the bar of Sauk County for several years and a practicing lawyer in Baraboo from 1847 to his death in 1878.
          • Warren Court was named for T. M. Warren who came to Baraboo around 1847 and was a successful businessman, remodeling the former Chas. Summer Hotel in 1847 to become Warren House.
        • Additional street naming conventions
          • Quarry Street was named so as the road led up to the quarries of Levi Crouch.[4]
          • Ash Street was formerly known as Bridge Street, as it went from the bridge up to the property of D. K. Noyes (see portrait in History of Sauk County, page 505). The council renamed it Ash Street in July 1855.
          • Sycamore Street in Thomas' addition was named after Sycamore Street of Milwaukee, the street Major Williams lived on before moving to Baraboo.
          • Mound Street was named for the effigy mounds on the south side of the street.
        • Litchfield, portion of the plat of the City of Baraboo, named by R. G. Camp for his hometown of Litchfield, Connecticut.[5][1]
      • Reedsburg - "The Second City" - Originally spelled Reedsburgh, and named for David. C. Reed.[5]. Originally the site of an abandoned copper mine (established 1844). Inhabited by James W. Babb and family in 1845. Dam and shanty built by Reed in 1847. Platted 1852, bridge across the Baraboo River built 1853, incorporated as village 1868, incorporated as city May 1887.
        • Reedsburg lies directly on the 90th meridian.
        • Herbert H. Webb was a generous benefactor to Reedsburg, and both Webb Park and Webb Middle School are named for him.
      • Wisconsin Dells (in Sauk, Columbia, Adams, and Juneau Counties, formerly Kilbourn City for Byron Kilbourn (1801-1870), platted 1857, the name was changed in 1931 to be more attractive to tourists)
    • Villages (14)
      • Cazenovia (in Sauk and Richland Counties)
      • Ironton - Named by Jonas Tower on account of the iron here that varied the needle of a compass.[5]
      • Lake Delton - Previously Delton, and before that Norris for Edward Norris who platted it and then Loretto, the first name of his wife, when the post office was established.[5] Incorporated as Lake Delton in 1954 after the formation of the artificial lake that it bounds it in 1927.
      • Loganville (formerly Westfield) - Chauncey P. Logan named it Westfield after his former Westfield, New York, it itself named from Westfield, Massachusetts. Later it was named Loganville for him and the township retains the name Westfield.[5] Logan built the first house in 1853. See Loganville space for more information.
      • La Valle - French for "The Valley", no credit to the name.[5] Post office established 1856.
      • Lime Ridge - Named for a lime(stone) ridge located one mile west of this location.[5]. Post office established 1858.
      • Merrimac (formerly Merrimack, Collamer for the postmaster general Collamer, and Matts Ferry for Chester Mattson who operated a ferry there) - Named by Mrs. J. G. Train for Merrimack County, New Hampshire. Henry Gannett stated the Indian word "merrimack" means "sturgeon" or "swift water".[5] The post office with Merrimac(k) was established in 1855.[6]
      • North Freedom (formerly Hacketts Corners for Hackett family, then Bessemer for Sir Henry Bessemer who invented process of reducing iron ore, and then Bloom for George W. Bloom when the railroad created two plats) - Located in the northern part of the Town of Freedom, hence the name.[5]
      • Plain (formerly Cramers Corners due to Ohio farmers Solomon Cramer, James Cramer and Adam Cramer that owned land there and Log Town after rough log buildings were constructed there) - J. H. Carpenter of Spring Green stated the village was name Plain because the people were plain.[5] Research from others appears to debate this.[7]
      • Prairie du Sac - French for "Prairie of the Sacs" or "Meadow of the Sauks", the tribe who lived there.[5]
      • Rock Springs (formerly Ableman and Ablemans Mills)[5] - First platted by Colonel Stephen V. R. Ableman in 1853 and renamed Rock Springs due to both its quartzite bluffs in Ableman Gorge and its artesian springs in 1875. It reverted back to Ableman in 1879. It remained Ableman until a final permanent naming of Rock Springs in 1947.
      • Sauk City (formerly Haraszthy after one of the founders Count Augustine (Agoston) Haraszthy, then later Westfield)[5] Platted by Haraszthy 26 Apr 1845 and incorporated as a village 30 Mar 1854, making it the oldest incorporated village in Wisconsin.[8]
      • Spring Green - Samuel Huntley, late as of printing, was noted in the Spring Green News of July 10, 1902 that the prairie at its location was the first to show vegetation in the spring. Some had believed it was named for the second postmaster Garwood Green but the town was already named Spring Green before the village incorporated. J. F. Morrow wrote to the Baraboo News that "Mary Williams named Spring Green. All old settlers know this." and furthermore reinforcing the first theory as "there was a spot on the south side of the bluffs that always 'greened up' sooner in the spring than did the prairie under which there is a stratum of cold clay that keeps it back. Mrs. Williams could see this from her house which stood until some years ago northeast of the town, and no doubt after the long, lonesome winters, viewed this spot in an exaggerated way. As Spring Green lies in the bend of the river the cold ice water keeps the vegetation back, but when it comes it comes with a rush."[5]
      • West Baraboo - formerly known as Lyons, a suburb of Baraboo. Lyons was named by Harvey Canfield for his former residence of Lyons, New York, which subsequently was named for Lyons, France.[5]
    • Towns (22)
      • Baraboo - See naming of Baraboo in History below.
      • Bear Creek - Named after the creek that had many bears populating the area[5]
      • Dellona - Named of the Dells[5]
      • Delton - "Dell Town"
      • Excelsior - Named by Col. Ableman after the seal of his home state, New York.[5]
      • Fairfield - Originally named Flora by Timothy Adams for old sweetheart, later renamed via petition filed by John Crawford likely after Fairfield, Massachusetts[5]
      • Franklin - Named from Benjamin Franklin[5]
      • Freedom - As Freedom was formerly part of other towns, upon its creation, it was a gesture of freedom away from them.[5]
      • Greenfield - Named by Nathan Dennison of Greenfield, Massachusetts[5]
      • Honey Creek - Noted by Increase Lapham in his History of Wisconsin (1836) as Honey Creek or Naumatonan in Winnebago, the former due to the level of particular insects there.[5]
      • Ironton
      • La Valle
        • Lake Redstone (reservoir), construction began in 1964.
        • Dutch Hollow Lake (reservoir), construction began in 1970.
      • Merrimac
      • Prairie du Sac
      • Reedsburg
      • Spring Green
      • Sumpter - First named Kingston, however there was another Kingston in the state. The firing on Fort Sumter in South Carolina triggered this renaming to Sumter however there was an extra 'p' added to this name in an early map and the spelling remained.[5]
      • Troy - Named by Johnathan W. Harris for Troy, Richland County, Ohio, his former home, which itself is named for the city in Asia Minor (now Turkey).[5]
      • Washington - Probably named for President George Washington and not for resident Washington Gray.[5]
      • Westfield
      • Winfield - Named for General Winfield Scott.[5]
      • Woodland - Probably named due to the abundance of timber.[5]
    • Unincorporated areas (5)
      • Black Hawk - Town of Troy - Likely named for the Sauk leader Black Hawk (born Ma-ka-tai-me-she-kia-kiak) who fought in the titularly named Black Hawk War, with the Battle of Wisconsin Heights located just across the Wisconsin River from Prairie du Sac.
      • Bluffview - Census-designated place (CDP) in the Town of Sumpter
      • Cassell - Town of Troy, named for Cassell Prairie which was in turn named for Dr. J. N. Cassell[5]
      • Dellwood - Town of Dellona
      • Denzer - Town of Honey Creek, named for William Denzer[5]
      • Greens Corners - Town of Fairfield
      • Hill Point, or Hillpoint (formerly Tucker or Tuckerville for resident William Tucker) - Town of Washington, named for a hill located there.[5]
      • Lake Wisconsin - Census-designated place (CDP) in both the Town of Merrimac in Sauk County and the Town of Lodi in Columbia County.
      • La Rue - Village site platted and mining area in the Town of Freedom named for Baraboo resident W. G. La Rue, who identified the lodes of ore there.[5]
      • Leland - Town of Honey Creek, named for Cyrus Leland, member of the state legislature.[5]
      • Loreta - Also Loreto and Loretto, in the Town of Bear Creek.
      • Moon Valley - Town of Merrimac
      • Sandusky - Town of Washington, named for Sandusky, Ohio, where settlers William Dano and Joshua Holmes had originated.[5]
      • Valton - Town of Woodland, probably a contraction of "Vale Town" or "Valley Town"[5]
      • Witwen - Towns of Honey Creek and Troy, named for G. Witwen and J. P. Witwen who built a mill there.[5]
    • Ghost towns[5]
      • Bluff Postoffice - Town of Sumpter near the bluff
      • Garrison - An the Lower Narrows of the Baraboo River, named for Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Garrison who lived there.
      • Giddings - Section 1 Town of Excelsior, probably named for Joshua Reed Giddings, statesman.
      • Harrisburg - Section 17 Town of Troy, formerly Harrisburgh, named for John W. Harris.
      • Humboldt - Section 35 Town of Ironton, probably named for the geographer Baron Alexander von Humboldt.
      • Jonesville - Northeast corner of Section 19 Town of Spring Green, named for Thomas Jones, the first postmaster. The post office once stood on an indian burial ground which has since been eaten away by the Wisconsin River.
      • Kings Corners - Town of Sumpter, named for Solomon King. The village plat was called New Haven, named for New Haven, Connecticut.
      • Loddes Mills - Town of Prairie due Sac, named for Martin Lodde, and before that the post office was named Rowells Mills for Henry Rowell.
      • Loretto or Loreto - Town of Bear Creek, named by Rev. Fr. T. A. Byrne for Loretto, Italy.
      • Oliver - Town of Freedom, village platted in 1911 and named for Henry W. Oliver of the mining industry.
      • Otterville - Town of Sumpter, abandoned post office near the headwaters of Otter Creek which flowed into the Wisconsin River at Prairie du Sac
      • Riches Postoffice - Discontinued post office in the northeast portion of the Town of Troy, named for Robert Riches
      • Rosalietown - Deserted hamlet on the Wisconsin River, located between Merrimack and Prairie du Sac, named for Mrs. Rosalie Naffz, wife of Charles Naffz
      • Russells Corners - Discontinued post office in the Town of Fairfield, named for John B. Russell.
      • Sligo - An early Irish settlement in the Town of Winfield, named for Sligo, Ireland.
      • White Mound - Former post office in the Town of Franklin named for the hill called White Mound.
      • Wilson Creek - Discontinued post office in the southwest corner of the Town of Troy, named for Thomas Wilson who resided there.
      • Woodlawn - Discontinued post office in the Town of Washington, named for Dr. William A. Wood
    • Other areas[5]
      • Babbs Prairie - Level tract of land near Reedsburg named for James W Babb and son John Babb.
      • Ball Prairie - Small level tract in western Sauk County named for the resident, Ball.
      • Blakelie Prairie - Level tract of land in Ironton named for early resident (see Blakeslee).
      • Calydon - The stream which flows through Durwards Glen in far eastern Sauk County near Caledonia. Named/described by painter/poet resident B. I. Durward, native of Scotland.
      • Christiehood Prairie - Level tract of land between Baraboo and North Freedom named for James Christie.
      • Cliff House - Post offce and hotel on the north shore of Devils Lake.
      • Climax - A railroad siding between La Valle and Wonewoc, named by farmers as Poor Dickie, which led to Podunk, and also Crossmans Crossing for a land owner there, Crossman.
      • Glenville - Region southeast of Baraboo named by C. L. Pearson due to its glens.
      • Gordon - Telegraph station located between Reedsburg and La Valle when the Chicago & Northwestern built a second track. Possibly named for William W. Gordon, a railroad president in Georgia.
      • Hubbell Prairie - Level tract of land in La Valle, named for early owner, Hubbell.
      • Iroquois Mine - Formerly the Sauk mine, located in Freedom Town, named for the Iroquois Iron Company
      • Karstetter Prairie - Level tract of land in La Valle, named for early owner, Karstetter.
      • Kirkwood - Railroad siding located west of Baraboo. Stennett states the name was given for N. C. Kirk and Timothy Kirk.
      • Little Prairie - Level tract of land in Troy Town named for its small size
      • Manchester - Abandoned plat and village located in the NE quarter of Section 1 where the [Baraboo] pumping station was located, and named for a Manchester to the east (New Hampshire? England?).[1]
      • Narrows Prairie - Level tract of land west of Rock Springs named for Narrows Creek that runs through it, itself named for the narrow canyons of quartzite the creek travels through.
      • Pecks Prairie - Level tract of land located east and adjacent to Baraboo, named for Eben Peck.
      • Quisisana - Resort on the Wisconsin River near Wisconsin Dells, then Kilbourn, loosely meaning "here you find health". Named by Mrs. Lydia Ely of Kilbourn.
      • Rattlesnake Knob - A knob in the Town of Dellona inhabited by rattlesnakes.
      • Rebock Prairie - Level tract of land named for early owner, Rebock.
      • Sauk Prairie - Increase Lapham states in his 1846 History of Wisconsin that "the prairie is about eight miles wide and extends eightteen miles along the Wisconsin [River]. Its name is given in illusion to its form, being that of a sack or bag, and not from Sauk, the tribe of Indians". Currently the name that represents the region shared by both Prairie du Sac and Sauk City.
      • Saukville - Former area located between Prairie du Sac and Sauk City and now incorporated into them.
      • Stead Prairie - Level tract of land in Baraboo valley named for early owner, Stead.
      • Websters Prairie - Level tract of land between Baraboo and Delton named for H. H. Webster. Originally named Pleasant Prairie, but not to be confused with Pleasant Prairie, Kenosha County, Wisconsin.
    • Former towns
      • Town of Brooklyn - Named by R. G. Camp for Brooklyn, New York, itself named for Breuckelen, Holland, not to be confused with Brooklyn in Dane and Green Counties or Town of Brooklyn in Green Lake County.
      • Town of Eagle - Probably named for the national emblem.
      • Town of Kingston - Named for Kingston, New York, the home of the King family.
      • Town of Marston - Likely the current town of La Valle, post office name changed due to the proximity to Mauston in Juneau County. Unknown as to how it was named.[5]
      • Town of New Buffalo - No longer on the map but would have been on the northeast side of the county. Named from former residents of Buffalo, New York.
  • Places of interest within Sauk County and how they relate to this wiki.
    • Baraboo Range and Baraboo Syncline comprised of Precambrian Baraboo Quartzite
      • Devils Lake State Park, Towns of Baraboo and Sumpter (Minnewaukan)
      • Parfrey's Glen State Natural Area - named for Robert Parfrey, once the location of a mill and distillery.[5]
      • Pewit's Nest State Natural Area
      • Aldo Leopold Shack and Farm in the Town of Fairfield
      • Van Hise Rock and Ableman Gorge, Rock Springs
      • Ableman Quarry, Rock Springs
      • Horseshoe Bend, Town of Excelsior
      • Dead Mans Spring, Town of Excelsior, Section 21 - In 1846, a surveyor died near a spring. James Babb named the location for this incident however the man's name is unknown.[5]
      • Point Sauk - The highest point in Sauk County at 1,620 ft above sea level, named in 1907 by the United States Geographic board. It is located on the P. Fitzsimmons farm near the center of Section 15, Town of Greenfield.[5]
    • The Dells, Wisconsin Dells and Lake Delton
    • Kilbourn Dam, Wisconsin Dells
    • Circus World Museum, Baraboo - Home to the Ringling Brothers
    • Man Mound Park, Town of Greenfield - Home of large Late Woodland effigy mound shaped like a man, the only surviving anthropomorphic mound in North America,[9] now known to be one of at least five in North America that did exist at some point, all in Wisconsin.
    • Badger Army Ammunition Plant, Town of Sumpter
    • Tom Every's (1938-2020) Forevertron, Town of Sumpter, then the largest scrap metal sculpture in the world at completion.[10]
    • Merrimac Ferry, Merrimac
    • The 90 degree west line of longitude running through Reedsburg, and actually bisects Green Wood Cemetery.

History

  • The first permanent settler of Sauk County, as claimed by Harry Ellsworth Cole, was James S. Alban (Wikipedia) in 1838. He was also apparently the first recorded visit of a white man to Devils Lake, or Lake of the Hills, in 1839.[5]
  • The Flood of 2008 devastated parts of Baraboo, Reedsburg, La Valle, and especially Rock Springs.[11]

Baraboo

  • There is much debate regarding the origins of the name "Baraboo" as it lends itself to the city and the river that runs through it. The name "Baraboo", in regards to the river, first officially appears in print in Sidney E. Morse and Samuel Breese's 1844 "Map of Iowa and Wisconsin", which itself drew heavily from J. N. Nicollet. That same year in May, a letter is sent from Indian Commissioner Crawford to Governor Chambers of Iowa speaking of a Barrabou River. Two years later in 1846, two letters from John C. McLemore to Col. G Talcott regarding copper discoveries in the area referred to the "Barriboo" and the "Barraboo" respectively.[12]
    • Theory 1: The river and subsequently the populated area is named for a fur trader named Baribeau. Debate exists whether his name was François Baribeau or Jean Baribeau/Baribault (Baribeau-44 or Baribeau-145? (Baraboo Republic, March 16, 1893)[12]
    • Theory 2: The area was named for a judge, the Honorable Peter B Barbeau (b. c. 1799, d. Tuesday 17 Oct 1882 at 83) who was a fur trader with the American Fur Company. He was married in 1830 and had three daughters, the second of whom married Postmaster Myron W. Scranton, the first white child born in Baraboo. Barbeau was thought to be the first white settler of the city that was named for him, with the local Native Americans only able to pronounce it as "baraboo". Myron's son, Gilmore G. Scranton, further recalled in the Baraboo Republic printed March 9, 1893 that his grandfather stated "that the Indians called him Baraboo and that your city was called Baraboo as his trading post was there. My mother was born there in 1834; but, of course, only knows what grandfather told us all." He furthermore noted that "I will make no comments; take this for what you think it's worth."[12]
    • Theory 3: The Frenchman John De laRond, who settled at Fort Winnebago in 1828, claimed that the river was named for a Captain Barebeauy, who was in Moran's expedition against the Indians and wintered at the mouth of the river where it meets the Wisconsin River.[12]
    • Theory 4: It is named for the French "Barbue" meaning "catfish" as there were many in the river at the time.[12]
    • Theory 5: It is named by John Farmer, a historian and cartographer of Detroit who made some of the first maps of Michigan Territory and the newly acquired "Ouisconsin". In his 1830 map, "Map of the Territories of Michigan and Ouisconsin", the Baraboo River is labeled "Bonibau's Creek".[12]
      • Other maps: In another map, potentially from 1817 and not involved with Farmer, the river is labeled "Baribaut's Creek". Around 1860, the map of Champlain calls the river "Barnabeau".[12]
  • The name Ringling is probably the most famous name to come out of Baraboo. The Ringling Brothers (namely seven of them existed but only five were involved in the circus) were led by Otto Ringling (Wikipedia) (born William Henry Ringling 1858-1911).
  • Mrs. Dora Tennant was the first woman whose name was chosen as a juror in Sauk County on Tuesday, 12 Sep 1922.[13]
  • 21 May 1918: An F4 tornado ended at Baraboo after traveling 80 miles from Elkport, Clayton County, Iowa.[14]

Reedsburg

  • The first white man to settle in the Reedsburg area was a James Wilson Babb, who arrived with his wife Rebecca Scarrf Babb in 1845.[15] He is considered a Homesteader as he applied for Patent from the BLM for the west half of Section Nine, Township Twelve North (320 acres) during the administration of James K. Polk, 1 Aug 1848.[16]
  • William Pace (1788-1855 Reedsburg)
  • Mayors of Reedsburg: notice there are gaps in terms[17]
    • 1869 A.O. Hunt • 1870 John Rork • 1871 N.W Sallade • 1872 A.P. Ellinwood • 1877 Moses Young • 1878 S. Mackey • 1880-1882 H.J. Smith • 1883 Moses Young • 1885-1886 H.C. Hunt • 1887 Wiliam Riggert • 1887 Charles Keith • 1888 A.P. Ellinwood • 1890 Frank David Hulburt • 1891-1892 J. Heaton • 1893-1895 Abner L. Harris • 1896-1897 Wm H. French[18] • 1899 John Crook • 1901-1905 W. A. Wyse • 1906-1909 S. A. Collins • 1910-1913 Henry W. Sorge • 1914-1921 August Siefert • 1922-1925 H. B. Quimby • 1929 W. H. Ziech • 1930-1933 H. B. Quimby • 1934-1939 Alfred W. Bernien • 1940 R. H. Miller • 1941-1949 Alfred W. Bernien • 1950-1955 Leo Schaefizel • 1956-1963 Hilbert Kleeber • 1964-1967 Anthony Ehl • 1968-1985 John W. Bernien • 1986-1992 Martin F. Krueger • 1992-1998 Wayne Farber • 1998-2006 Carl H. Stolte • 2006-2008 John M. Deitrich • 2008-2010 Caroline R. Held • 2010-Present David G. Estes
  • An excerpt from the Baraboo Weekly News 13 Apr 1916, Page 5, "Tuesday".[19]
    • "Next Sunday there will be a class of twenty-seven confirmed at the St. Peter’s Lutheran church at Reedsburg. The following are the names, Albert Schaller, Elmer Kutzbach, Rudolph Meyer, Martin Dangel, Hubert Meyer, Paul Foss, Fred Vorlop, Willie Friede, Walter Schuette, Vern Lindloff, Paul Meyer, Raymond Schuette, John Moser, Martin Wegner, Will Ribbke, Alvin Dangel, Florence Rose, Esther Meyer, Ella Beinien, Adaline Sussrer, Varona Schuette, Ninna Grotelueschen, Anna Schulz, Olga Lehmann, Esther Schultz, Norma Struck, Leola Jacobs. The following will be confirmed at the St. John’s Lutheran church of the same place next Sunday: Ida Krause, Edith Behn, Hattie Dettman, Agnes Klipp, Emma Schroeder, Alice Rosenberger, Helen Geffert, Hilda Schulze, Emilie Wagner, Mabel Pagel, Olga Stohlke, Martha Neumann, Nora Springer, Louis Meyer, Edward Zohel, Reinhard Stolte, Nujon Goltz."
  • The Reedsburg Tornado in Jun 1915 struck killing three people, including William Schoeman.[20]

Ableman

  • The first person to settle in between Baraboo and Reedsburg on the Baraboo River was Colonel Stephen Van Renssalaer Ableman, founding what would be Ableman or Rock Springs.
  • 15 Aug 1966: An F-2 tornado tears directly through Rock Springs.

La Valle

Loganville

  • Farmer and surveyor, and later teacher and politician David B. Hulburt (1829-1912) lived in Loganville before moving to Reedsburg.

North Freedom

  • 1963: The Mid-Continent Railway Museum began operations.

Troy Town, Sauk County

  • The first person to settle within the Town of Troy was John Wilson. A native of Edinburgh, Scotland, Wilson first emigrated to Canada, then to Buffalo, New York where he was married, before heading to the new Wisconsin Territory in the late 1830s to dig canals at Portage. In 1840, he bought land off a creek in the Town of Spring Green and built a double log home for travelers to stay at. The creek would later bear his name, Wilson Creek. [21][22]

Washington Town, Sauk County

  • Theologian and writer Lyle E. Schaller (1923-2015) was born on a farm two miles south of Lime Ridge here

Winfield Town

Alphabetical List of Town Board Members

  • Ballweg, June, Assessor 1994-2007
  • Bass, Charles G., Treasurer 1955-2001 (father-in-law of Teresa Bass)
  • Bass, Teresa M., Clerk 1989–current (daughter-in-law of Charles G. Bass) (sister of Pauline J. Brown)
  • Bennett, David J., Assessor 1916-1917
  • Bennett, David, Treasurer 1931-1933
  • Biesek, Francis, Assessor 1951-1954
  • Brooks, T., Supervisor 1880
  • Brown, Pauline J., Supervisor 1999-2011 (sister of Teresa M. Bass)
  • Byrne, Patrick, Supervisor 1873-1874
  • Churchill, Clinton, Clerk 1930-1935, Chairman, 1935-1953 (father of Ronald Churchill)
  • Churchill, Ronald, Supervisor 1969-1972, Chairman 1972–1973, 2011-2020 (son of Clinton Churchill)
  • Conway, John, Supervisor 1889-1890, 1892, 1894, 1896
  • Conway, Martin, Chairman 1883
  • Cottingham, A., Supervisor 1882
  • Cottington, Amos, Chairman 1871, 1875-1878, 1880-1885, 1887-1888, 1891, 1893
  • Cottington, Arlan A., Clerk 1942-1943
  • Craker, Marlan, Supervisor 1977-1978 (son of Vinton Craker)
  • Craker, Philip E., Supervisor 1959-1961, 1991-1999, Chairman 1981-1991, 1999-2003 (father of Robin E. Craker)
  • Craker, Robin E., Assessor 1978-1993, Treasurer 2001-current (son of Philip E. Craker)
  • Craker, Vinton, Assessor 1942 (father of Marlan Craker)
  • Daly, Francis, Clerk 1890-1891
  • Daly, Patrick, Clerk 1883-1885, 1890, 1892-1894, Chairman 1886
  • Darrow, Henry A. Jr., Treasurer, 1868
  • Darrow, Nathaniel, Clerk 1868-1877 (son of Henry A. Darrow Jr.)
  • Dorow, Herman, Supervisor 1895-1896, 1899-1900
  • Dorow, Jason, Supervisor 2011-current
  • Dorow, Walter, Supervisor 1953-1958
  • Elsesser, Charles, Supervisor 1889-1890, 1892
  • Farber, Dale, Supervisor 1969-1979, 1981-1983, Chairman 1973–1975
  • Farber, Emil C., Clerk, 1903
  • Farber, Walter, Supervisor, 1991-1993
  • Fish, E. W., Supervisor 1875-1876, 1878-1879, 1886-1887, 1899-1902, Chairman 1889-1890
  • Fish, L. N., Supervisor 1870
  • Fish, Milton, Assessor 1956-1960, Supervisor 1963-1966, 1969, Chairman 1967-1969
  • Fish, Silas, Supervisor 1872 (father of Spencer Fish)
  • Fish, Spencer C., Clerk 1920-1930, 1935-1942 (son of Silas Fish)
  • Fisher, Frank J., Supervisor 1917, 1921, 1927, 1931
  • Fuller, A. C., Treasurer, 1881-1882, 1884
  • Fuller, J. D., Assessor 1943-1944
  • Gahagan, John, Clerk 1894-1897
  • Greenwood, Ben H., Clerk 1915-1917
  • Greenwood, Dean, Supervisor 1961-1964
  • Greenwood, George, Treasurer 1921-1922
  • Greenwood, J. H., Treasurer 1919
  • Greenwood, Joseph H., Supervisor 1925-1926
  • Greenwood, K., Assessor 1879
  • Greenwood, Miles, Supervisor 1884, 1886-1887
  • Greenwood, Robert J., Treasurer 1916, Supervisor 1932, 1936-1943
  • Greenwood, Robert Jr., Chairman 1868-1869, Assessor 1879-1882, 1885, 1896
  • Greenwood, Robert, Treasurer, 1883
  • Greenwood, Virgil, Supervisor 1965-1967, Chairman 1969-1972
  • Gregory, Ezra, Chairman 1852
  • Gregory, John B., Supervisor 1869
  • Halvensleben, Ernest, Assessor 1963-1973
  • Halvensleben, Robert, Assessor 1973-1975
  • Hart, Michael, Assessor 1886, 1892, Supervisor 1895
  • Harvey, Leon, Supervisor 1933-1953
  • Harvey, Marvin, Supervisor 1953-1961
  • Hawkins, Albert, Chairman 1874 and 1891, Supervisor 1880-1881, 1883, Assessor 1887-1890, 1893
  • Healy, F. F., Chairman 1929-1930
  • Healy, Patrick “Patsy” F., Supervisor 1898-1899, 1918, 1920, 1922-1930
  • Hemingway, Edward, Supervisor 1875-1876
  • Hirst, Harold, Supervisor 1971-1975, 1977, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1985-1991, Chairman 1991
  • Hirst, James, Treasurer 1920-1921
  • Hirst, Robert, Assessor 1883, Treasurer 1895-1897
  • Horkan, Patrick, Clerk 1973-1980 (son of Robert P. Horkan)
  • Horkan, Peter J., Chairman 1914-1935
  • Horkan, Robert P., Clerk 1943-1973 (father of Patrick Horkan)
  • Horkan, Thomas P., Assessor 1955-1956
  • Houghton, Frank T., Treasurer 1898-1901 (son of Solomon Houghton)
  • Houghton, Solomon, Supervisor 1872 (father of Frank T. Houghton)
  • Johnson, Frank, Assessor 1921
  • Joyce, Martin, Chairman 1894-1895
  • Kelley, Clinton, Treasurer 1940
  • Kelley, E. R., Assessor 1869, 1881
  • Kelley, James H., Assessor 1918-1920, 1922-1927
  • Kelley, Joseph, Treasurer 1923-1930
  • Kelley, L., Assessor 1885, 1895, 1900-1901, Treasurer, 1886-1892
  • Kelley, S. M., Assessor 1894
  • Kelley, William, Chairman 1889, Clerk 1889
  • Kelley, J. Supervisor 1888
  • Kleeber, Augustus, Supervisor 1871
  • Kleeber, Leonard, Clerk 1886-1889
  • Krug, William, Supervisor 1893-1894, 1899
  • Kuhs, Jack, Assessor 1975-1978
  • Kutz, Charles, Supervisor 1891, 1894
  • Lawson, George J., Supervisor 1884
  • Lawton, A. F., Clerk 1883
  • Luedtke, William, Supervisor 1971, 1973-1974, Chairman 1975–1981
  • Lyckberg, Charles, Supervisor 1921
  • McCray, John, Supervisor 1874, 1885, 1894, 1897
  • Mcintosh, L., Supervisor 1885
  • Mead, Kurt, Supervisor 2011-2020, Chairman 2020-current
  • Mittelsteadt, F.?, Supervisor 1877
  • Moll, Gerald, Supervisor 2020-current
  • Montgomery, John, Treasurer 1918, Supervisor 1921, Assessor 1928-1938
  • Montgomery, L. B., Assessor 1868, Supervisor 1871
  • O’Brien, John, Supervisor 1891
  • O’Connor, Martin, Supervisor 1870
  • O’Connor, Owen, Supervisor 1872
  • O’Connor, Roland E., Treasurer 1934-1939, 1941-1955
  • Pelton, Hiram, Clerk 1852
  • Pelton, Keith R., Supervisor 1991, Chairman 1991-1999 (son of Nye H. Pelton)
  • Pelton, Nye H., Clerk 1917-1920, Supervisor 1943-1951, Chairman 1953-1967 (father of Keith R. Pelton)
  • Pelton, S. A., Clerk 1894, 1896, 1898-1900
  • Powell, Ed W., Supervisor 1918
  • Radloff, Charles, Supervisor 1922-1924
  • Rasmussen, Paul G., Chairman 2007-2011
  • Ray, A. J., Supervisor 1879
  • Raymond, William H., Supervisor 1868
  • Rossiter, M. S., Chairman 1887, 1892, 1896, Assessor 1890
  • Rossiter, Nicholas, Chairman 1870
  • Sainsbury, James, Supervisor 1873, 1881, 1883
  • Schommer, Linda, Supervisor 1995-2011
  • Schroeder, Henry, Supervisor 1933-1936
  • Skinner, N. H., Treasurer, 1917
  • Skinner, S., Chairman 1866, 1899-1901
  • Skinner, W. H., Supervisor 1916
  • Stando, Albert, Assessor 1939-1941, 1945-1951
  • Stillick, Gordon, Treasurer, 1893-1894
  • Stillick, Nathaniel, Assessor 1871, 1875-1877, 1884
  • Sweeney, Michael, Clerk 1877-1882
  • Swetland, William T., Supervisor 1883
  • Wadleigh, John E., Chairman 1894, 1897-1899, 1901-1902
  • Wagner, William, Supervisor 1931-1933
  • Welch, James T., Clerk 1900-1902
  • Welch, Samuel, Supervisor 1869
  • Whitty, Michael, Clerk, 1980-1989
  • Whitty, Patrick, Assessor 1870, 1872-1873
  • Wolff, Frank, Assessor 1961-1962
  • Wright, William, Supervisor 1877
  • Ziech, Harvin, Supervisor 1985-1991
  • Zieck, Fred, Supervisor 1887-1888, 1893, 1898-1902

National Register of Historical Places

Baraboo and surrounding area

Location Date of entry Ref # Address Description
Baraboo Public Library 14 Sep 1981 81000058 230 4th Ave 1903 Carnegie library designed in Neoclassical style by Louis Claude. Served the workers at Badger Ordnance during World War II, and still serves the community.
William Clark House 8 Apr 1980 80000193 320 Walnut St Second Empire styled house with mansard roof built in mid-1800s. Clark was an engineer for the C&NW.
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  • Baraboo Public Library September 14, 1981 (#81000058) 230 4th Ave. 1903 Carnegie library designed in Neoclassical style by Louis Claude. Served the workers at Badger Ordnance during World War II, and still serves the community.
  • William Clark House April 8, 1980 (#80000193) 320 Walnut St. Second Empire styled house with mansard roof built in mid-1800s. Clark was an engineer for the C&NW.
  • Devil's Lake State Park January 21, 2015 (#14001192) S5975 Park Rd. The lake between two stone bluffs was sacred to Native Americans, who built effigy mounds on its shores. The state park was founded in 1911. The CCCs built most of the rustic structures in the 1930s. Now Wisconsin's largest and most popular state park.
  • Downtown Baraboo Historic District June 8, 2015 (#15000340) Roughly bounded by 5th & 2nd Aves., 5th, Ash, 1st, Oak & Birch Sts. Concentration of 75 commercial and civic buildings including the 1872 Italianate Draper Brothers Meat Market, the 1873 Moeller Wagon Shop, the 1885 Ewing Livery, the 1888 Miller Saloon, the 1896 Civil War Memorial, the 1896 Romanesque Revival First Methodist Episcopal Church, the 1900 Romanesque Wellington Hotel, the 1907 Baraboo Steam Laundry, the 1922 Colonial Revival Trimpey Building, the 1928 Prairie Style Baraboo High School, and the 1938 Art Moderne Juliar Theatre.
  • Gust Brothers' Store August 5, 2002 (#02000834) 101 Fourth St. 1877 limestone commercial building, with Italianate features. Originally a meat market, it later housed banks and offices.
  • Island Woolen Company Office Building August 18, 2011 (#11000559) 900 2nd Ave. Only remaining building from textile mill complex, designed by Claude & Starck in Prairie School style and built 1917-18. In the 1920s, Island Woolen was the biggest employer in Sauk County.
  • Man Mound November 30, 1978 (#78000138) East of Baraboo off WI 33 on Man Mound Road The only remaining man-shaped effigy mound in the Upper Midwest, built by Late Woodland people between 750 and 1200 AD. Designated a National Historic Landmark in 2016.
  • Manchester Street Bridge October 13, 1988 (#88002005) Ochsner Park Camelback through truss bridge across the Baraboo River, built in 1884 by Milwaukee Bridge and Iron Works. Moved to a park around 1987. Now the last remaining bridge of this type in the state.
  • Point of Rocks June 11, 2010 (#10000345) US-12 approximately .85 mi north of Ski Hi Rd. and .25 mi south of STH 159 Outcrop of Baraboo quartzite. From this and other area outcrops, UW-Madison geologists developed theories on metamorphism, Pre-Cambrian and structural geology.
  • Walworth D. Porter Duplex Residence September 27, 1996 (#96001053) 221-225 7th St. Queen Anne duplex built in 1894. Once occupied by Charles Ringling.
  • Ringling Brothers Circus Headquarters August 4, 1969 (#69000032) Bounded roughly by Water, Brian, Lynn, and East Sts. Winter quarters for the Ringling Brothers Circus from 1884 to 1919, including the Ring Barn for horses and the Elephant House. Now part of Circus World Museum.
  • Al. Ringling Theatre May 17, 1976 (#76000202) 136 4th Ave. The eldest Ringling brother gave this gift to Baraboo in 1915, an ornate Beaux Arts theater which was one of the first "movie palaces" in the U.S.
  • Albrecht C. Ringling House May 17, 1976 (#76000079) 623 Broadway 1905 Romanesque Revival home of Albrecht and Lou Ringling of the Ringling Brothers Circus. Al was the "circus genius" and Lou started as the snake charmer.
  • Charles Ringling House March 21, 1997 (#97000268) 201 8th St. Neoclassical-styled home built in 1900 of Charles Ringling, operating manager of the Ringling Brothers Circus.
  • Charles and Anna Ruhland House March 20, 2017 (#100000774) 213 Lynn St. Two-story brick Craftsman house, built in 1909. Charles ran a nearby brewery with his father.
  • Sauk County Courthouse March 9, 1982 (#82000711) 515 Oak St. 1905 Classical Revival building designed by Ferry and native-son Clas and built in 1905.
  • Seven Gables January 20, 1978 (#78000140) 215 6th St. Carpenter Gothic home built in 1860 for Terrell Thomas, a Baraboo banker.
  • Thompson House Hotel December 22, 1997 (#97001583) 200 Ash St. Semi-Italianate hotel built around 1890(?) near the C&NW depot. Later housed the City Hotel, Wilder's Tavern, and a rooming house.
  • A.G. Tuttle Estate November 6, 1980 (#80000194) N. Elizabeth St. Gothic revival house built in 1869. Tuttle started a fruit tree orchard in 1853.
  • Jacob Van Orden House September 6, 1996 (#96000988) 531 4th Ave. Tudor Revival house designed by Ferry & Clas and built in 1903. Van Orden had worked his way up from "general utility boy" to president of the First National Bank of Baraboo. Now houses the Sauk County Historical Museum.
  • Aldo Leopold Shack July 14, 1978 (#78000082) Levee Rd. Former chicken coop where conservationist Aldo Leopold wrote much of A Sand County Almanac.

Delton (Town)

  • Hulburt Creek Garden Beds August 8, 1991 (#91000958) Birchwood Road near CTH H Raised garden beds built around 1000 AD. The oldest radio-carbon dated ridged fields in the upper Midwest.

Freedom (Town)

  • Freedom Mine June 11, 2020 (#100005266) S5910 Cty. Rd. PF Small iron mine opened in 1910 by C.T. Roberts and closed the next year when it abruptly flooded, leaving shafts, tools, tracks and ore carts submerged and undisturbed since 1911. Foundations of the engine house, compressor, boiler house, and rail spur remain above ground.

Greenfield (Town)

  • Simonds 10-Sided Barn April 14, 2020 (#100005183) S4680 Rocky Point Rd. Round-ish barn with timber frame and board-and-batten exterior, designed by Otto and Orville Kramer and built in 1916.

Honey Creek (Town)

  • Our Lady of Loretto Roman Catholic Church and Cemetery March 9, 1990 (#90000378) Co. Hwy. C, 1 mi. W of Denzer Gothic Revival church built in 1880 as a mission church for German and Irish settlers. Includes original pews, 1887 pump organ and pot-bellied stove.
  • Durst-Bloedau Site December 19, 1978 (#78000137) North of Leland 50-foot-long rock shelter, in which Archaic and later points have been found.
  • Raddatz Rockshelter December 18, 1978 (#78000139) On CTH C at Natural Bridge State Park Oldest documented site of human occupation in the upper Midwest, dated to 10,000 to 12,000 years ago.

Lake Delton

  • Marshall Memorial Hall April 1, 1993 (#93000264) 30 Wisconsin Dells Parkway S. Small Georgian Revival municipal building built in 1928 with a bequest from Roujet D. Marshall, a Wisconsin Supreme Court justice from the area. The building houses a library, offices and a meeting room.
  • Seth Peterson Cottage November 9, 1981 (#81000059) Dell Ave. Small modernist cottage built in 1958, overlooking Mirror Lake. Frank Lloyd Wright's last building in Wisconsin. Now available for rental and tours.

Merrimac

  • Merrimac Ferry December 31, 1974 (#74000330) WI 113 at the Wisconsin River Car ferry across the Wisconsin River. Ferries have operated at this site since 1844.

North Freedom

  • Steam Locomotive #1385 May 18, 2000 (#00000524) E8948 Diamond Hill Rd. Built in 1907, #1385 is the only remaining operable steam locomotive of the Chicago & North Western Railway.

Plain

  • Salem Evangelical Church (Ragatz Church) March 29, 1988 (#86003576) Jct. of CR PF and Church Rd. Church of block and stack masonry built in 1875. The congregation formed at the site in 1844 was the focus of the Swiss community.

Prairie du Sac

  • Honey Creek Swiss Rural Historic District April 6, 1990 (#89000484) SE of Prairie du Sac Rural area settled chiefly by immigrants from Graubünden canton, Switzerland starting in 1842. Some characteristic stone and timber-framed buildings remain.
  • Tripp Memorial Library and Hall September 14, 1981 (#81000060) 565 Water St. J. S. Tripp, a local banker, lawyer and public servant, donated funds to build a library and village hall. William Dresen and Alfred C. Clas designed it in Neoclassical style and it opened in 1913.

Reedsburg

  • Chicago and North Western Depot December 26, 1984 (#84000639) 240 Railroad St. 1905 red brick depot of Chicago and North Western Railway with a Classical Revival entry. At this site in 1873 a crowd of Reedsburg locals protested the deportation of a local Ho-Chunk family to Nebraska.
  • City Hotel December 26, 1984 (#84000642) 125 Main St. Red brick hotel built in 1886 in Second Empire style by Abner Harris' building company for German immigrant William Roper, who operated the hotel.
  • J. W. Corwith Livery April 20, 2004 (#84004018) 121 S. Webb Ave. Livery stable, built in 1911 near the hotels and the depot, where a traveler could rent a horse and buggy or board a horse. Only a few livery buildings are left in the state.
  • Edward M. Hackett House December 26, 1984 (#84000644) 612 E. Main St. High Victorian Gothic home built 1877-78 by Edward M. Hackett, a local lumberman, builder and architect. Closest Historic Place in Sauk County to the 90th Meridian at 43°31′56″N 90°00′08″W.
  • Abner L. Harris House December 26, 1984 (#84000649) 226 N. Pine St. Three story Second Empire house built around 1873. Harris was postmaster, mayor, merchant and promoter of Reedsburg.
  • Main Street Commercial Historic District December 26, 1984 (#84000654) Roughly bounded by N. Park, S. Park, N. Walnut, and S. Walnut Sts. on Main Reedsburg Commercial buildings in various styles, ranging from the 1873 Italianate Kelsey Block to the 1888 Romanesque Revival Free Press Block, to the large 1896 Queen Anne Hotel Stolte, to the 1920 Neoclassical Reedsburg Bank.
  • Freda Meyers Nishan Memorial Chapel June 7, 2019 (#100004016) 1000 Myrtle St. Neogothic Revival-styled funeral chapel in Greenwood Cemetery, designed by Leigh Hunt and built in 1940. Then used to store bodies when the ground was too frozen for digging.
  • Park Street Historic District December 26, 1984 (#84000656) On N. Park St. roughly bounded by 6th, Locust, N. Pine and Main Sts. Reedsburg Largely residential district, with homes in various styles built as early as 1870.
  • Reedsburg Brewery December 26, 1984 (#84000661) 401 N. Walnut St. A brewery started at this site in 1870, using locally-grown hops. It burned in 1903, was rebuilt in 1905 with 8,000 barrel capacity, and ran until 1950, except during Prohibition. Now apartments.
  • Reedsburg Post Office October 24, 2000 (#00001240) 215 N. Walnut St. Built in 1937, the post office contains a mural "Dairy Farming," painted by Richard Jansen and funded by a New Deal program.
  • Reedsburg Woolen Mill Office December 26, 1984 (#84000664) 26 Main St. The mill converted local wool into products from army blankets to commercial goods for Montgomery Ward and Sears. With 200 employees, it was Reedsburg's largest employer for much of its 80 years, from around 1881 to 1967.
  • William Riggert House December 26, 1984 (#84000666) 547 S. Park St. Riggert, a banker and city leader, had this Queen Anne house built in 1892. It still has a carriage house.
  • William Stolte, Jr., House December 26, 1984 (#84000667) 432 S. Walnut St. Queen Anne house built 1899. Stolte Jr. was a partner in the Big Store and was active in civic life and the local Old Settlers Association.
  • William Stolte, Sr., House December 26, 1984 (#84000670) 444 S. Walnut St. Stolte Sr. built the house in the 1880s, mixing the styles of Victorian Gothic and Queen Anne. A smokehouse and hitching post are in the back yard. Stolte built the hotel at 204 Main.

Rock Springs

  • Van Hise Rock September 25, 1997 (#97001267) WI 136, 0.75 mi. N of WI 154 Roadside outcrop of quartzite which shows cross-bedding. UW-Madison geologist Charles Van Hise used this outcrop and others to interpret the Precambrian rock of the Baraboo district.

Sauk City

  • August W. Derlet House April 30, 1991 (#91000468) S10431a Lueders Rd. Derleth built this home from local limestone near his beloved Wisconsin River about 1939 to house his books and his writing career. He called his home Place of Hawks.
  • Freethinkers' Hall March 31, 1988 (#88000237) 309 Polk St. 1884 meeting hall designed by Alfred Clas. The Freethinkers' congregation was formed by German immigrants in 1852, and meets to this day, the last such congregation in North America.
  • Otto Sr. and Lisette Hahn House January 4, 2012 (#11001015) 626 Water St. Red brick house built between 1850 and 1857. Hahn, an immigrant harness-maker bought the house in 1866 and built a workshop next to it. After his wife Lisette died in 1871, he raised the children in the house.
  • Lachmund Family House March 29, 2000 (#00000257) 717 Water St. Gothic Revival-styled home built in 1861 by Charles Halasz, who founded Lachmund Lumber Company. Now apartments.
  • Sauk City Fire Station July 28, 1999 (#99000920) 717 John Adams St. Firehouse built in 1889, with hose-drying tower added in 1894. Also served as village hall. The volunteer fire department had organized in 1854, the first in the state.
  • Sauk City High School February 23, 1989 (#89000071) 713 Madison St. 1916 brick building designed by Alfred Clas in Mission style.
  • Spellman Granite Works July 14, 2015 (#15000426) 615 Phillips Blvd. The Spellman brothers ran a stone-finishing business that produced gravestones, urns and statuary from 1917 to 2005.

Spring Green

  • Samuel and Nina Marcus House November 16, 2018 (#100003121) 241 E Jefferson St. 1.5-story Arts and Crafts/Craftsman stucco-clad house with banks of casement windows and wide eaves, designed by Morton Pereira and built in 1921. The Marcuses owned department stores, including Nina's in Spring Green.
  • Rest Haven Motel July 20, 2011 (#11000478) E5116 US 14 1952 motel designed by Jesse Caraway, a student of Frank Lloyd Wright. Now the Usonian Inn.
  • State Bank of Spring Green July 16, 2010 (#10000463) 134 W. Jefferson St. 1915 Neoclassical Revival building with terra cotta ornamentation, designed by William Hilgen.

Troy (Town)

  • Harrisburg School March 24, 2015 (#15000109) E7646 Cty. Rd. B One-room rural school rebuilt in 1890s on site of an 1856 school. Served as a school until 1955, when it closed for school consolidation.

Notable peoples of Sauk County

Undetermined

  • James S. Alban
  • Ephraim Blakeslee (12 May 1838 in Fenner, New York- Feb 1911)
  • Jonathan Bowman (16 May 1828 Charleston, New York,– 16 Jul 1895 Kilbourn City, Wisconsin) (lived in Delton)
  • George B. Burrows (20 Oct 1832 Springfield, Vermont– 25 Feb 1909 Madison, Wisconsin)
  • Moses Ransom Doyo
  • Charles Enge
  • Evan W. Evans
  • Oscar Finch
  • Ulrich Hemmi
  • David B. Hulburt
  • John Kaney
  • John Azor Kellogg
  • Oscar A. Laper Jr.
  • Leroy Litscher
  • Thomas A. Livesley
  • Lucius W. Nieman
  • Samuel Northrup
  • Benjamin G. Paddock
  • Eli Otis Rudd
  • Tracy Sachtjen
  • Lyle E. Schaller
  • Chester D. Seftenberg
  • Silas J. Seymour
  • Algie Martin Simons
  • Argalus Starks
  • George Gilbert Swain
  • Walter Terry
  • Rose Thering
  • Silas A. Towne
  • David E. Welch
  • Dwight S. Welch
  • Alexander Wetmore
  • Glenn M. Wise
  • George J. Woerth

City/Village/Town

  • City of Baraboo
    • Sheryl Albers (b. 9 Sep 1954 Baraboo), Wisconsin State Assembly member
    • Donald R. Atkinson (10 Feb 1940, Union City, Indiana – 11 Jan 2008, Santa Barbara, California), counseling psychologist, educator and writer
    • Frank Avery (17 Nov 1830 in Tenterden, Kent, England - 1919), Wisconsin State Senator, President of the Village of Baraboo
    • Stanley Barnes (1 May 1900 Baraboo – 5 Mar 1990 Palm Springs, California), College Football Hall of Fame football player and judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
    • Charles C. Bradley (1911-18 May 2002 Baraboo), professor of geology at Montana State University
    • Virgil H. Cady (25 Dec 1876 Excelsior – 27 Apr 1934 Baraboo), Wisconsin State Representative
    • Ivan Wells "Tiny" Cahoon (22 May 1900 Baraboo – 3 Feb 1973 San Francisco), Tackle for the Green Bay Packers under Curly Lambeau.
    • Jorge A. Carow (20 Apr 1874 Baraboo – 5 Nov 1936), Wisconsin State Representative
    • Randall Jay Chestnut (b. 13 Jul 1971 Dallas, Texas), comedian
    • John V. Diener, mayor of Green Bay, Wisconsin
    • Evan Alfred Evans, judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals
    • Evan Glodell, film director, producer, writer, and actor
    • Elna Jane Hilliard Grahn, educator
    • Henry C. Hansbrough, U.S. Senator from North Dakota
    • John R. Hofstatter, Wisconsin State Representative
    • Guy E. Holmes, musician and composer
    • John J. Jenkins, U.S. Representative
    • Robert J. Keller, Wisconsin State Representative
    • Len Koenecke, MLB player
    • Belle Case La Follette, lawyer and activist
    • Rand Aldo Leopold, (11 Jan 1887 Burlington, Iowa – 21 Apr 1948 Fairfield) conservationist, naturalist and author of A Sand County Almanac (1949).
    • Daryl Morey, general manager of the Houston Rockets basketball team
    • Mary Mortimer (1816–1877), British-born American educator
    • Beryl Newman (2 Nov 1911 Baraboo – 8 Mar 1998 Richmond, Virginia), Medal of Honor recipient
    • John Ringling North (14 Aug 1903 Baraboo – 4 Jun 1985 Brussels, Belgium) , president and director of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus. Nephew of the Ringling Brothers.
    • Stuart Palmer, mystery novelist
    • PHOX, folk / indie pop band
    • Delando Pratt, Wisconsin State Representative
    • Mike Reinfeldt, NFL player and executive
    • Cyrus Remington, Wisconsin State Representative and jurist
    • Ringling Family
    • Bradbury Norton Robinson Jr. (1 Feb 1884 Bellevue, Ohio–7 Mar 1949 Pinellas County, Florida) threw the first forward pass in football history at Carroll College, Waukesha, Wisconsin, and sport's first triple threat man, grew up in Baraboo from age 3.
    • Algie Martin Simons, Socialist newspaper editor, attended high school in Baraboo
    • Terry Stieve, NFL player, New Orleans Saints and St. Louis Cardinals
    • Walter Terry, Wisconsin legislator
    • John M. True, Wisconsin legislator
    • C. F. Viebahn, Wisconsin State Representative
    • David Vittum, Wisconsin State Senator[28]
    • Lewis N. Wood, Wisconsin State Representative
    • Edwin Ellis Woodman (1 Jun 1838 – 29 Aug 1912), Wisconsin State Senator
    • Mural 1: People Are the Fabric of Our Community
      • Dave Ament
      • Harold Rube Arndt
      • Peter Arndt
      • Nina Leopold Bradley
      • John D Geoghegan
      • Dr. Kenneth Hannan
      • Forrest Hartmann
      • Bill and Yvette Harris
      • Char Ter Beest Kudla
      • Jane Kulseth Osborne
      • Thomas Osborne
      • Floy A Sauey
      • W R Sauey
      • Bernice Schwarz
      • Dean D Steinhorst
      • Walter E Terry
      • Coach John Thompson
      • Merlin E Zitzner
    • Mural 2: People Are The Fabric of Our Community
      • Alan Anderson
      • Dr. George Archibald (b. 13 Jul 1946), co-founder of the International Crane Foundation
      • Audrey M Gustin Bauer
      • Bennie Bauer
      • Alberta Verthein Canepa
      • Tony Canepa
      • Grace Dederich
      • David Deppe
      • Wilbur Deppe
      • Karen DeSanto
      • Claude Deubig
      • Bob Dewel
      • Father John T Durward
      • David L Etzwiler
      • Charles "Chappie" Fox
      • Monsignor Francis Xavier Gray
      • Sarah Anne Holm
      • Richard S Jenks
      • Walter T Jenks
      • Bill Johnsen
      • John M Kelley
      • Jim Kieffer
      • William "Bill" Kieffer, Sr.
      • Esther E Lange
      • Kenneth I (or L) Lange
      • Ted Mandt
      • Robert L Parkinson
      • Allen and Mona Paschen
      • Glenn Reeds Quale
      • Carol "Annie" Randall
      • Al Ringling
      • Dave Saloutos
      • Harry Saloutos
      • Dr. Ron Sauey
      • Walter D Smith
      • Virgil "Butch" Steinhorst
      • Gerald I Stich
      • Aural M Umhoefer
      • John Villas
      • Pat Villas
      • Joseph Ward
      • James Williams aka "Happy the Clown"
      • Gordon L Willson
      • Paul Wolter
      • Mildred "Millie" Zantow
  • City of Reedsburg
    • Clare Briggs (5 Aug 1875 – 3 Jan 1930), comic strip artist.
    • Edward Dithmar (31 Jan 1873 – 22 Sep 1938), 23rd Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin.
    • Alexander Preston Ellinwood (9 Sep 1833 – 6 Feb 1900), Wisconsin politician, businessman, and educator who lived and died in Reedsburg.
    • John Harrington (15 Apr 1921 – 8 Jan 1992), professional American football player.
    • Charlie Kavanaugh (9 Jun 1891 – 6 Sep 1973 Reedsburg), MLB player.
    • Timothy Mahr (b. 20 Mar 1956), composer and conductor, professor of music at St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota.
    • Agnes Moorehead (6 Dec 1900 – 30 Apr 1974), actress who lived here in the 1920s-1930s.
    • Saul Phillips (b. 10 Oct 1972), head coach of the North Dakota State Bison men's basketball team.
    • Albert O. Sorge (9 Feb 1881, the Town of Reedsburg – 30 Aug 1967), Wisconsin State Representative.
    • Henry W. Sorge (18 Mar 1852 Hanover, German Confederation – 20 Mar 1921 Reedsburg), Wisconsin State Representative.
    • Warren Weaver (17 Jul 1894 – 24 Nov 1978), scientist and science advocate who was the pioneer of machine translation.
  • City of Wisconsin Dells (to determine Sauk County residents)
    • Belle Boyd, Confederate spy
    • Lynn N. Coapman, Wisconsin State Representative
    • Jack Flannery, CORR and SODA driver
    • Thomas Gillespie, Wisconsin State Representative
    • Michael Griffin, U.S. Representative
    • Alanson Holly, Wisconsin State Representative and newspaper editor
    • Frank Kreyer, NASCAR driver
    • G. M. Marshall, Wisconsin State Representative
    • Jack B. Olson, Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin, businessman, and U.S. diplomat
    • James H. Quinn, Minnesota Supreme Court justice
    • Yellow Thunder, Ho-Chunk chief
  • Village of Ironton
    • Moses Ransom Doyon, mayor of Madison, Wisconsin, lived in Ironton.
    • Thomas A. Livesley, mayor of Salem, Oregon, was born in Ironton.
  • Village of La Valle
    • Benjamin G. Paddock, Wisconsin state legislator and politician
    • Glenn M. Wise, Wisconsin Secretary of State from 1955-57.
  • Village of North Freedom
    • Samuel Northrup (1801–1860), Wisconsin State Representative, resided in nearby Dellona, is buried in North Freedom.
    • Algie Martin Simons (1870–1950), Socialist journalist and editor, born and raised on a farm near North Freedom.
    • Chester D. Seftenberg (1904-1970), Wisconsin State Representative, was born in North Freedom.
  • Village of Rock Springs/Ableman
    • Nancy Ann Lange Kuczinski (b. 20 Jan 1954 Rock Springs), the former First Lady of Peru (2016-2018), wife of twice impeached Peruvian President Pedro Pablo Kuczinski.
  • Town of Bear Creek
    • Abijah Beckwith (10 Nov 1843 in Columbia, New York - 22 Jun 1897). In 1867, he settled in Bear Creek. Chairman of the Town of Bear Creek in 1879. 1882 Assembly member.
  • Town of Delton
    • George Gilbert Swain, Wisconsin State Representative
    • David E. Welch, Wisconsin State Representative and Senator
    • Dwight S. Welch, Wisconsin State Assembly
  • Town of Honey Creek
    • Peter A. Hemmy, member of the Wisconsin State Assembly, born in Honey Creek
    • Emanuel L. Philipp, 23rd Governor of Wisconsin, born in Honey Creek
    • J. B. Ragatz, member of the Wisconsin State Assembly, born in Honey Creek
  • Town of Woodland
    • Lorenz Becker (b. 10 Aug 1889 in Woodland)
    • Orval Butcher (1 Dec 1917 Valton, Wisconsin – 5 Oct 2010 Lemon Grove, California)

Naturalized Citizens to Sauk County

20th Century Sauk County

  • On 18 Jul 1984, the first Culver's was opened in Sauk City, with the modern headquarters situated in Prairie du Sac.

Sauk County Online Records and Resources

Plat Maps

Cemetery Records

Census Records

Land Records

Newspapers

Sauk County Books

  • Butterfield, C. W., (compiled by) History of Sauk County. Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1880. Section on "Origin of the Name Baraboo" is page 519. Accessible at Archive.org
  • Cole, Harry Ellsworth (1861-1928), A Standard History of Sauk County, Wisconsin., Vol. 1. Chicago and New York: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1918. Accessible at Archive.org
  • Gannett, Henry (1846-1914). The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States. 1905.
  • Krug, Merton Edwin, History of Reedsburg and the Upper Baraboo Valley. Author published, Feb 1929. Printed by Democrat Printing Company, Madison, Wisconsin. Transcript accessible at RootsWeb
  • Lange, Kenneth I., A County Named Sauk. Sauk County Historical Society, 1976.
  • Tully, M. Richard, A Man Called Baraboo. 2009.

Historical Societies

Sources and references

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 H. E. French. How Baraboo Streets Received Their Names. Aug 16, 1917 for the Sauk County Historical Society
  2. ↑ Related to Archibald Barker (1816-1890)?
  3. ↑ Related to Nelson Wheeler (1811-1869)?
  4. ↑ Related to Horace Crouch (1828-1903)?
  5. ↑ 5.00 5.01 5.02 5.03 5.04 5.05 5.06 5.07 5.08 5.09 5.10 5.11 5.12 5.13 5.14 5.15 5.16 5.17 5.18 5.19 5.20 5.21 5.22 5.23 5.24 5.25 5.26 5.27 5.28 5.29 5.30 5.31 5.32 5.33 5.34 5.35 5.36 5.37 5.38 5.39 5.40 5.41 5.42 Cole, Henry Ellsworth (1912). Baraboo and Other Place Names in Sauk County, Wisconsin. Baraboo News Publishing Company. p. 22. Accessible at https://archive.org/details/baraboootherplac1912cole
  6. ↑ Sauk County Postal History
  7. ↑ Plain, Sauk County, Wisconsin
  8. ↑ Historical Marker at Sauk City
  9. ↑ Cole (1912) stated at the time it was the only man mound in the world.
  10. ↑ Dr. Evermor, a metal artist, character and Wisconsin gem, dies at the age of 81
  11. ↑ [https://madison.com/news/local/flood-of-2008-baraboo-residents-recall-where-they-were-when-the-water-rose/article_2ec74ec7-3086-5890-8016-f0eb1948a546.html FLOOD OF 2008: Residents recall where they were when the water rose
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 12.4 12.5 12.6 Origin of the Name "Baraboo" [PDF], Baraboo Public Library
  13. ↑ "Baraboo weekly news", 14 Sep 1922, Page 2. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress.
  14. ↑ The great tornado of 1918 on IAGenWeb
  15. ↑ Notable People - History at ReedsburgWI.gov
  16. ↑ BLM Patent by James Wilson Babb
  17. ↑ Former Mayors of Reedsburg
  18. ↑ French-9423 or related?
  19. ↑ Baraboo weekly news. (Baraboo, Wis.), 13 April 1916. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress.
  20. ↑ Reedsburg, Wisconsin Tornado Jul 1915 on GenDisasters
  21. ↑ Plain, Wisconsin
  22. ↑ Harry Ellsworth Cole, A Standard History of Sauk County, Wisconsin. Chicago and New York: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1918. Page 562.
  23. ↑ May be related to Steinhorst-30?
  24. ↑ 24.0 24.1 Related to Ederer-12?
  25. ↑ OCR of The Baraboo news 19 Sep 1906, Page 1.
  26. ↑ Pfaff?
  27. ↑ Mielke-99?
  28. ↑ Frank-4271?
  29. ↑ Alt-424?
  30. ↑ Kraemer-545?
  31. ↑ Gonsolin-8?
  32. ↑ Gonsolin?
  33. ↑ Lang-5227?
  34. ↑ The Baraboo news, 3 Oct 1906, Page 4.
  35. ↑ The Baraboo Weekly News, 14 Sep 1922, Page 2.
  36. ↑ Saint John Cemetery at Interment.net
  37. ↑ White Mound Cemetery at Interment.net
  38. ↑ Pleasant Hill Cemetery at Interment.net
  39. ↑ Old Saint Luke's Catholic Cemetery at FindAGrave
  40. ↑ New Saint Luke's Catholic Cemetery at FindAGrave
  41. ↑ Union Grove Cemetery at Interment.net
  42. ↑ Zion Lutheran Stone Cemetery at Find a Grave
  43. ↑ Zion Lutheran Cemetery at Interment.net




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Gale-2455 Margaret (Gale) Haining
The category Category:Kingston Cemetery, Merrimac, Wisconsin is being deleted, could you remove the link to the category on this page?

Many thanks for your help, Margaret, Categorization project volunteer.

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Greenwood-3667 Steven Greenwood
I have shifted the link to the correct category within Moon Valley.
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Greenwood-3667 Steven Greenwood
Temporary holding for data on Winfield Town. From https://townofwinfieldwi.com/town-history/

Alphabetical List of Town Board Members:

Ballweg, June, Assessor 1994-2007

Bass, Charles G., Treasurer 1955-2001 (father-in-law of Teresa Bass)

Bass, Teresa M., Clerk 1989–current (daughter-in-law of Charles G. Bass) (sister of Pauline J. Brown)

Bennett, David J., Assessor 1916-1917

Bennett, David, Treasurer 1931-1933

Biesek, Francis, Assessor 1951-1954

Brooks, T., Supervisor 1880

Brown, Pauline J., Supervisor 1999-2011 (sister of Teresa M. Bass)

Byrne, Patrick, Supervisor 1873-1874

Churchill, Clinton, Chairman, 1935-1953 (father of Ronald Churchill)

Churchill, Clinton, Clerk 1930-1935 (father of Ronald Churchill)

Churchill, Ronald, Chairman 1972–1973, 2011-2020 (son of Clinton Churchill)

Churchill, Ronald, Supervisor 1969-1972 (son of Clinton Churchill)

Conway, John, Supervisor 1889-1890, 1892, 1894, 1896

Conway, Martin, Chairman 1883

Cottingham, A., Supervisor 1882

Cottington, Amos, Chairman 1871, 1875-1878, 1880-1885, 1887-1888, 1891, 1893

Cottington, Arlan A., Clerk 1942-1943

Craker, Marlan, Supervisor 1977-1978 (son of Vinton Craker)

Craker, Philip E., Chairman 1981-1991, 1999-2003 (father of Robin E. Craker)

Craker, Philip E., Supervisor 1959-1961, 1991-1999 (father of Robin E. Craker)

Craker, Robin E., Treasurer 2001-current (son of Philip E. Craker)

Craker, Robin E., Assessor 1978-1993 (son of Philip E. Craker)

Craker, Vinton, Assessor 1942 (father of Marlan Craker)

Daly, Francis, Clerk 1890-1891

Daly, Patrick, Chairman 1886

Daly, Patrick, Clerk 1883-1885, 1890, 1892-1894

Darrow, Henry A. Jr., Treasurer, 1868

Darrow, Nathaniel, Clerk 1868-1877 (son of Henry A. Darrow Jr.)

Dorow, Herman, Supervisor 1895-1896, 1899-1900

Dorow, Jason, Supervisor 2011-current

Dorow, Walter, Supervisor 1953-1958

Elsesser, Charles, Supervisor 1889-1890, 1892

Farber, Dale, Chairman 1973–1975

Farber, Dale, Supervisor 1969-1979, 1981-1983

Farber, Emil C., Clerk, 1903

Farber, Walter, Supervisor, 1991-1993

Fish, E. W., Chairman 1889-1890

Fish, E. W., Supervisor1875-1876, 1878-1879, 1886-1887, 1899-1902

Fish, L. N., Supervisor 1870

Fish, Milton, Assessor 1956-1960

Fish, Milton, Chairman 1967- 1969

Fish, Milton, Supervisor 1963-1966, 1969

Fish, Silas, Supervisor 1872 (father of Spencer Fish)

Fish, Spencer C., Clerk 1920-1930, 1935-1942 (son of Silas Fish)

Fisher, Frank J., Supervisor 1917, 1921, 1927, 1931

Fuller, A. C., Treasurer, 1881-1882, 1884

Fuller, J. D., Assessor 1943-1944

Gahagan, John, Clerk 1894-1897

Greenwood, Ben H., Clerk 1915-1917

Greenwood, Dean, Supervisor 1961-1964

Greenwood, George, Treasurer 1921-1922

Greenwood, J. H., Treasurer 1919

Greenwood, Joseph H., Supervisor 1925-1926

Greenwood, K., Assessor 1879

Greenwood, Miles, Supervisor 1884, 1886-1887

Greenwood, Robert J., Supervisor 1932, 1936-1943

Greenwood, Robert J., Treasurer 1916

Greenwood, Robert Jr., Assessor 1879-1882, 1885, 1896

Greenwood, Robert Jr., Chairman 1868-1869

Greenwood, Robert, Treasurer, 1883

Greenwood, Virgil, Chairman 1969-1972

Greenwood, Virgil, Supervisor 1965-1967

Gregory, Ezra, Chairman 1852

Gregory, John B., Supervisor 1869

Halvensleben, Ernest, Assessor 1963-1973

Halvensleben, Robert, Assessor 1973-1975

Hart, Michael, Assessor 1886, 1892

Hart, Michael, Supervisor 1895

Harvey, Leon, Supervisor 1933-1953

Harvey, Marvin, Supervisor 1953-1961

Hawkins, Albert, Assessor 1887-1890, 1893

Hawkins, Albert, Chairman 1874 and 1891

Hawkins, Albert, Supervisor 1880-1881, 1883

Healy, F. F., Chairman 1929-1930

Healy, Patrick “Patsy” F., Supervisor 1898-1899, 1918, 1920, 1922-1930

Hemingway, Edward, Supervisor 1875-1876

Hirst, Harold, Chairman 1991

Hirst, Harold, Supervisor 1971-1975, 1977, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1985-1991

Hirst, James, Treasurer 1920-1921

Hirst, Robert, Assessor 1883

Hirst, Robert, Treasurer 1895-1897

Horkan, Patrick, Clerk 1973-1980 (son of Robert P. Horkan)

Horkan, Peter J., Chairman 1914-1935

Horkan, Robert P., Clerk 1943-1973 (father of Patrick Horkan)

Horkan, Thomas P., Assessor 1955-1956

Houghton, Frank T., Treasurer 1898-1901 (son of Solomon Houghton)

Houghton, Solomon, Supervisor 1872 (father of Frank T. Houghton)

Johnson, Frank, Assessor 1921

Joyce, Martin, Chairman 1894-1895

Kelley, Clinton, Treasurer 1940

Kelley, E. R., Assessor 1869, 1881

Kelley, James H., Assessor 1918-1920, 1922-1927

Kelley, Joseph, Treasurer 1923-1930

Kelley, L., Assessor 1885, 1895, 1900-1901

Kelley, L., Treasurer, 1886-1892

Kelley, S. M., Assessor 1894

Kelley, William, Chairman 1889

Kelley, William, Clerk 1889

Kelley, J. Supervisor 1888

Kleeber, Augustus, Supervisor 1871

Kleeber, Leonard, Clerk 1886-1889

Krug, William, Supervisor 1893-1894, 1899

Kuhs, Jack, Assessor 1975-1978

Kutz, Charles, Supervisor 1891, 1894

Lawson, George J., Supervisor 1884

Lawton, A. F., Clerk 1883

Luedtke, William, Chairman 1975–1981

Luedtke, William, Supervisor 1971, 1973-1974

Lyckberg, Charles, Supervisor 1921

McCray, John, Supervisor 1874, 1885, 1894, 1897

Mcintosh, L., Supervisor 1885

Mead, Kurt, Supervisor 2011-2020

Mead, Kurt, Chairman 2020-current

Mittelsteadt, F.?, Supervisor 1877

Moll, Gerald, Supervisor 2020-current

Montgomery, John, Assessor 1928-1938

Montgomery, John, Supervisor 1921

Montgomery, John, Treasurer 1918

Montgomery, L. B., Assessor1868

Montgomery, L. B., Supervisor 1871

O’Brien, John, Supervisor 1891

O’Connor, Martin, Supervisor 1870

O’Connor, Owen, Supervisor 1872

O’Connor, Roland E., Treasurer 1934-1939, 1941-1955

Pelton, Hiram, Clerk 1852

Pelton, Keith R., Chairman 1991-1999 (son of Nye H. Pelton)

Pelton, Keith R., Supervisor 1991 (son of Nye H. Pelton)

Pelton, Nye H., Chairman 1953-1967 (father of Keith R. Pelton)

Pelton, Nye H., Clerk 1917-1920 (father of Keith R. Pelton)

Pelton, Nye H., Supervisor 1943-1951 (father of Keith R. Pelton)

Pelton, S. A., Clerk 1894, 1896, 1898-1900

Powell, Ed W., Supervisor 1918

Radloff, Charles, Supervisor 1922-1924

Rasmussen, Paul G., Chairman 2007-2011

Ray, A. J., Supervisor 1879

Raymond, William H., Supervisor 1868

Rossiter, M. S., Assessor 1890

Rossiter, M. S., Chairman 1887, 1892, 1896

Rossiter, Nicholas, Chairman 1870

Sainsbury, James, Supervisor 1873, 1881, 1883

Schommer, Linda, Supervisor 1995-2011

Schroeder, Henry, Supervisor 1933-1936

Skinner, N. H., Treasurer, 1917

Skinner, S., Chairman 1866, 1899-1901

Skinner, W. H., Supervisor 1916

Stando, Albert, Assessor 1939-1941, 1945-1951

Stillick, Gordon, Treasurer, 1893-1894

Stillick, Nathaniel, Assessor 1871, 1875-1877, 1884

Sweeney, Michael, Clerk 1877-1882

Swetland, William T., Supervisor 1883

Wadleigh, John E., Chairman 1894, 1897-1899, 1901-1902

Wagner, William, Supervisor 1931-1933

Welch, James T., Clerk 1900-1902

Welch, Samuel, Supervisor 1869

Whitty, Michael, Clerk, 1980-1989

Whitty, Patrick, Assessor 1870, 1872-1873

Wolff, Frank, Assessor 1961-1962

Wright, William, Supervisor 1877

Ziech, Harvin, Supervisor 1985-1991

Zieck, Fred, Supervisor 1887-1888, 1893, 1898-1902

posted by Steven Greenwood
Baraboo-1 Stanley Baraboo
Greetings Steve,

Thank you for your work. After years of research I offer this abbreviated summary on the origin of the Baraboo name.

(Summarized)

Take into account that the numerous relating documents have French, English, Scottish, German and American language translation and transcription syntheses that contain numerous variants of the same information.

Based on records the probable Nouvelle French families that fur traded with the Indian nations in the Baraboo River area from 1632 - 1833 are Baribeau, Barbeau, Baribault, Barbeaux and Barbaud. When spoken in Nouvelle French they sound very similar, even today. The French language doesn't use syllables !

Review: https://translate.google.com/#view=home&op=translate&sl=fr&tl=en&text=Baraboo%20Baribeau%20Barbeau%20Baribault%20Barbeaux%20Barbaud

The name Baraboo was not created by any Baraboo family member. It was first created by a Scottish-American United States Congressional Land Surveyor circa 1836-1838 while surveying the river. (During The Black Hawk War !) The Winnebago Indian Nation still owned the land and as such the surveyor's notes were deleted as he had inadvertently surveyed Indian land. Once ownership by treaty with the Winnebago, (they were forced off the land.) was transferred to the United States another survey was completed. Circa 1845-1847

Fortunately, there were two land clerk offices for the Wisconsin area and the Scottish surveyor had sent his original notes to both. (Probably, to insure he got paid !) Later his notes were discovered by mistake from one of the land offices. He was charged by congress to use existing names to any river surveyed before trying to name a river. He translated from what he heard from several sources in the area. (Indian Villages, Maps, Fort Winnebago Agent and Wife and his guide who spoke French.) His Scottish language roots effected his translation thus the "oo." His notes listed "Barraboo" which transitioned to "Barboo" and "Baraboo". Later another and famous surveyor of the region surveyed the river again soon after it was in American Ownership and choose "Baraboo." All together there were three surveyors who surveyed the Baraboo River prior to its name acceptance. ( Thus, "Barraboo", "Barboo" and finally "Baraboo." )

I have an extensive research, documents and family history library of information. I have respect for Harry Ellsworth Cole, (and his wife's edition) and Mark Tully's work.

I believe there were many French Voyageurs who traded in the "Baraboo" region. The Barbeau family as early as 1700 and as late as 1833. Jean Baptiste, Gabriel, Francois, Joseph, Louis, Pierre and Pierre ,(Peter) are the first names of the Barbeau family who traded in the region.

Only one Barbeau family in Wisconsin later adopted the name Baraboo, circa 1870 ish.

(Summarized)

C'est Bon Magnifique ! Baraboo et Barbeau dit Boisdore

posted by Stanley Baraboo
edited by Stanley Baraboo
Greenwood-3667 Steven Greenwood
Hi Gerald. The information you provided is immensely helpful. If you would like to help the project, please indicate so. We could use more individuals with greater understanding of Sauk County and the surrounding area.
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