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First Permanent Home in Baraboo
West Baraboo, Wisconsin
Historical Marker Database · Devon Polzar
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In 1839, Abraham Wood erected the first permanent home in Baraboo on this site, and with Wallace Rowan, who built nearby in 1840, he also built the first sawmill and dam on the Baraboo River.
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