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Six Booklets contain 217 of Dr. Dewel’s articles, as listed below. Copies of Individual articles may be purchased for $ 3, booklets at $15 each, or the full six volume set at $75.

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The Tables of Contents 

Volume One

Volume Two

Volume Three

So, When is/was Baraboo’s Sesquicentennial?

They Don’t Make Men Like This Any More

The First Christian Service in the Valley

Circuit Riders Brought Christianity to the Frontier

One More Day and we Eat the Dog

The Prescott Brigham County Building?

The Great Indian Scare of 1844

A Copycat and a Farce in Sauk Prairie

Frontier Justice Among Men and Boys

How Settlers Invoked Frontier Justice

Of Stagecoaches, Taverns, Jehu’s, and Romance

Naming the Streets in Old Baraboo

County Papers and Jails, Then and Now

Newport was Once Sauk County’s Largest City

Dewel on a Duel, a murder, and a Bear Hunt

The Ladies of the Baraboo Whiskey War

The Great Baraboo Brewing Company—in Michigan?

How we Lost the Baraboo Collegiate Institute

It was the Worst of All our Wars

In the Sauk County Riflemen, Not a Man Stirred

Our Iron Brigade, the Nation’s Finest

Before there was a Veterans Day

Recalling the Sturdy Women of Early Baraboo

What’s in a Name in Sauk County?  Quite a Bit

The Days of Newport, Garrisonville, and Bessemer

Podunk, Pucketechute, Logtown, and Others

Stagecoach, Tavern and Ferry Days at Merrimck

A Hall of Fame Community

Cardiff Giant Could Have Been Baraboo Giant

Unmasking of Giant Hoax Unfurls a Legend

A Baraboo Airline Corporation—in 1877?

The Great Railroad Gamble Pays Off

Busy Baraboo and Manchester Village

The Bridge of Baraboo

Baraboo Always was a Good Dam Town

Baraboo’s First School, and a Teacher in Love

The Old Settlers Admonish the Young Men

The Old Maids of Skillet Creek, and Their Swains

A Train Wreck, an Ice House, and a Frank Lloyd Wright Dam

Baraboo’s Old Streetcar Named Desire?

At the Turn of the Century, 60 Lights were the Talk of the Town

Opera Houses and Turn of the Century Baraboo

Methodists Mark a Building Centennial

So, When Should You Celebrate the Millennium?

New Street Lights once Prompted Parades

Two Similar Tales of Terra Cotta

The Opulent Ringling Homes, Part I

Opulent Ringling Homes, Part II, Sarasota

Charles Ringling’s Grand Florida Home

Which Town Deserves the Title “Circus City”?

Circus City, Baraboo or Sarasota?

John and Mable’s Ca d’ Zan

Runaway Camels and a Rampaging Elephant

Past Powerhouses were Tough to Beat

A Carriage Without Horses, Built in Baraboo

Don’t Forget America’s Third Largest Circus

The Gollmar Circus Survives a Tornado

Affluent Ringlings and Private Varnish

Baraboo’s Eventful Summer of 1915

Theatre Provided Fascination for Sidewalk Superintendents

“Nothing is Too Good for Baraboo”

Seams lf Time

City Fathers Reject gift from Ringling Theatre

Baraboo Youths Burned German Books

Abe Wood, Dr. Ochsner, and Ochsner Park

Where is the Warner Memorial Road?

Local Boy Makes Good, but Who Remembers?

Yeggs in the Bank, and the Doldrums

Mary Rountree, a Park and an Unfilled Promise

Ice was Big Commodity Before the Fridge

Baraboo River Ice Business was Competitive

Epidemic Once Led to Closing Baraboo Churches, Schools

How Good were the Good Old Golden Rule Days?

When the “Chautauqua” Came to Baraboo

Banks took Long Long Holiday in 1933

Depression Wore a Sober Farce in Area

Baraboo Remembers Great Depression

Depression Era Full of Significant Events

Highway Bypasses were of Concern in 1935 Baraboo

John Ringling Loses Control of the Circus

A Golden Circus Anniversary in Baraboo

Famous People Once Came from Baraboo

The Good Old Years at Devils Lake

Sauk County Murder led to Manhunt in 1954

Industrial Acronym Soup feeds local Economy

Industrial History Included Air Force Academy Bid

BIEC Success Ends, Other Corporations Carry On

Community Development Authority and BID

Ball Powder, Factories, and Clowns, in that Order

Baraboo’s Four Uncles, and One ClownsAround

Manhunt Headlined Summer of 1961

Bloodhounds Sniff out Fugitive to end Manhunt

Insolence, Schemes, Attempted Escape Precede Trial

Trial’s Ripple Effect Reached Far and Wide

Once, Kennedys Abounded Locally

Alma Waite’s Blockbuster Gift to Baraboo

What would Alma Waite Want?

The City has Shortchanged Cinderella

John and Murrel Lange and the Woodpile

“Boo-U” Beginnings Proved Historically Dramatic

Local Campus Opened, Survived, and Thrived

60’s, 70’s, and Sophistication Too?

So How Goes it With Baraboo Anyway (July 1968)

Volume Four

Volume Five

Volume Six

The Center of Town in 1880

Fourth Street Looking East

Baraboo of 1884 Searches for Industry

Whatever Happened to Christmas in 1901?

A 1906 Cadillac and a Generous Bequest

Entering Baraboo over the High Bridge

Eliza (Morris) Ringling and the Morris Hotel

Bus Misses Covered Bridge, Plunges into River

The Ringling-Kelly-Potter-Leopold Property

John Kelly, Circus Attorney and Benefactor of Baraboo

John Kelly, Babe Ruth, and a Green Bull

The Legends of Devils Lake

Devils Lake, Palisades, and Shadow Town

Burial Plots of Some Unusual Soldiers

Veterans Day and the Beryl Newman Athletic Park

A County Centennial Bash in 1948

Elks Filled a Niche in Baraboo

Many Organists Have Played the Mighty Barton Organ

How the Console of the Mighty Barton Works

When Male Quartets Raised the Roof at the Al Ringling

Theatre Guild Still Breaking a Leg after 54 Years

The Wives of John Ringling, Part I, Mable

The Wives of John Ringling, Part II, Emily

The Native Americans Left Their Mark—Mounds

A Surprise Discovery at Man Mound

Powder Plant Dominated Local Industry for 50 Years

Baraboo News Headlines in Times of Peril

The Day of Infamy in Baraboo, December, 1941

Comment t ’appelez-vous?  Barbeau or Beribault?

Baraboo, Meet Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Baraboo

Are You going to the Baraboo Full Moon Party?

The Dams and Oxbows of the Baraboo River

The Growth of Baraboo in Population and Area

Baraboo is a Good Steward of the Land

Examining Baraboo’s Role as a Good Neighbor

New Censes Figures are Revealing

Des Baraboo Have a Georgia Twin?

The Previous Year’s articles in Review—with Census Table

Vietnam Death Spurs City to Support Troops

Baraboo Becomes a Blue Spader City

The Sophomore Journal of 1904

A 1911 Play, but who were the Actors?

It’s Yesteryear Versus Cyberspace

How they Celebrated the Fourth in the Old Days

1890 Directory has Many Surprises

Early Refractory Days at Devils Lake

State Wins, and the Refractory Moves

Sauk County Welcomes Home its WWII Veterans

Trimpey Studio and the Doll that Went to War

Early Days at Ochsner {Park

The Riverwalk and Dellona Township

An Author is Without Honor in his Hometown, Baraboo

Live Theatre Brings Culture to Baraboo

The Roaring Twenties and the Ringling Theatre

College Days During the Great Depression

The South “Y”

Masons Celebrate 150 Years in Baraboo

Masonic Lodge and McGanns Razed by Fire, 1957

Knights Templars Parade in the 1890’s

Three High Schools, an Annex, and a Referendum

The Second High School Referendum 1959

Third High School Referendum Passes, 1960

The I-90 Exit That Should have Been

The Old Golf Course at Devils Lake

February 1967 was a Very Good Month for Baraboo

The Silent Movies in the Early Days

Baraboo’s Hollywood Museum of the Movies

National Publicity for a Local Collector

The Many Banks of Baraboo

It was the Flood of the Century, we hope

Honored Building Has Checkered Past

Baraboo Famous in Land, Sea, Air, and Space

City of Baraboo Flew Shotgun (Support) over Hiroshima in 1945

The Puzzling UFO Sightings of 1897

Ringling are Blamed for 1897 UFO’s

The Western Hotel, Once Baraboo’s Finest

Old Buildings and Big Boxes, Part I

Part Two. Old Buildings and Big Boxes

Downtown’s Most Venerable Building

Like Hotels, Restaurants Come and Go

Baraboo Hotels Come and Go, Part Two

The Wisconsin House and the Whiskey Ladies

Chain Store Competition in 1936

Olympia Candy Kitchen Location is a Puzzle

Olympia Candy Kitchen and Hoppe Clothing

Past Benefactors have Been Good to Baraboo

Benefactors of the Baraboo Woodpile

Thanksgiving was Different in 1902

Pioneer Baraboo Author is Re-discovered

Ringling Landmarks and a Cinderella Ball

Cinderella Has a Great time at the Ball

BCSC-From an Acorn to a Mighty Oak

Chance Meeting Brings ICF to Baraboo

Small Local Organization Went International

August Ringling and the One Horse Shop

Masons Acquire Historical Ringling Artifacts

CWM Receives Century-old Ringling Carriages

The Ringling Carriages, Part Two

An Afternoon Meeting and a Grand Opening

Nothing Was Too good for Baraboo

Diligence was the Byword oaf C.P. Chappie Fox

Courthouse Approaches Centennial Observance

Augustin Haraszthy, the Ubiquitous Count

Horrendous 1922 Murders Remain Unsolved

They Lynched Men in Portage in 1869

Old Pictures Show Early Merrimack Ferries

Sauk County’s Little Brown Church in the Wildwood.

Cahoon Mine was Once Principal Baraboo Industry

The Sauk County village of Bessemer

When North Freedom and LaRue were Boom Towns

No Dogs or Booze Allowed at This Parade.

Benjamin Franklin, Baraboo, and PBS

Yesteryear Files have Untold Stories

“Do You Remember” Column is Remembered