Baraboo, Dells, and Devil's Lake Region
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1. Front matter2. Foreword3. Index4. CHAPTER I Origin of Name and First Settlers at Baraboo—Museum—Where Ringlings First Pitched a Tent5. CHAPTER II Old Opera House—Cemetery on the Hill—Deserted Ringlingville—Bunn the Baker of Baraboo6. CHAPTER III Devil's Lake State Park—Geology of the Baraboo Hills—The Glacial Epoch—Scenic Wonders7. CHAPTER IV Wisconsin River Dells—Journey of Fascinating Scenery—Jefferson Davis—Belle Boyd, Rebel Spy8. CHAPTER V Lower Dells—Site of a Deserted Village—Indian Earthwork—Where They Danced—Woodland Walk9. CHAPTER VI Mirror Lake, Retreat of a Circusman—Earlier Bed of Dell Creek—Congress Hall Near Village10. CHAPTER VII Pewit's Nest Near Baraboo—Home of a Recluse—Skillet Falls—Graves of Napoleon Soldiers11. CHAPTER VIII Man Mound, Famous Archeological Wonder—Why Indian Earthworks Were Built12. CHAPTER IX Stone Pillar of Chief Yellow Thunder and His Squaw, Situated a Few Miles North of Baraboo13. CHAPTER X Portage and Old Fort Winnebago—Cemetery Where Soldiers of Several Wars Are Buried—Waubun House14. CHAPTER XI Boyhood Haunts of John Muir, the Naturalist—Fountain Lake—Father a Disciple—the Muir Family15. CHAPTER XII Wisconsin Heights Battlefield—About a Mile From Sauk City—Another Napoleon Soldier Grave16. CHAPTER XIII Parfrey's Glen, Wildest of Them All, a Cool Retreat, Prodigal in Charm—Mill a Memory17. CHAPTER XIV Durward's Glen—Short History of the Durward Family—Attractive Features of Interesting Place18. CHAPTER XV Spring Green, Helena Shot Tower, and Taliesin—Ableman and Reedsburg—Other Interesting Trips