Sauk County Historical Society

Baraboo (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Baraboo, a community as unique as its name, had the same beginnings as many other southern Wisconsin cities,but its development throughout the 19th century set it apart. Starting in 1839, several dams were built along the Baraboo River rapids and a typical mill town formed. Baraboo,s population began to rise when it became the county seat in 1846. With the arrival of the railroad in 1871, the village doubled in size within a decade. The railroad also brought exposure to the nearby natural beauty of Devil,s Lake, increasing tourism significantly. Baraboo,s greatest claim to fame began when the Ringling Brothers established a circus there in 1884. America,s largest circus enterprise, Ringling Brothers made Baraboo their winter home every year until 1918.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Arcadia Publishing Inc.
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. September 2004
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781439615010
• Artikelnr.: 40009599

Autorenporträt

Since its inception in 1905, the Sauk County Historical Society has been collecting items related to Baraboo area history. The society's collection was mined for this book along with the postcards of two private collectors, Ralph Pierce and John McNabb. Pierce has been collecting postcards for nearly 50 years after beginning with auctions and private sellers. McNabb started collecting after finding old postcards in the stockroom of a local bookstore where he worked as a teenager more than 55 years ago.