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First Church Historic Site Marker
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Historic site marker to commemorate the first church in Baraboo. The inscription reads "The first church in Baraboo was erected on this lot by the Methodist Episcopal Society in 1850. This memorial tablet erected 1914 by the Sauk County Historical Society."
1925
Cole, Harry Ellsworth, 1861-1928
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WHi 29040
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