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unusual facts about Baraboo


North Western Refrigerator Line

Between 1924 and 1940 the company acquired more than 3,000 used wood refrigerator cars originally built by the American Car and Foundry Company, and leased the former Ringling Brothers Circus railroad car plant in Baraboo, Wisconsin to serve as a car shop.


Greg and Karen DeSanto

For seven seasons, Greg and Karen were the resident clowns at Circus World Museum in Baraboo, Wisconsin, and appeared together in The Big Apple Circus’ 2005-06 production Grandma Goes To Hollywood.

Grim Natwick Film Festival

Art and museum exhibitions also featured including lectures from film historian Stephen Worth and contributions from academic Dr Frances Aulds of the University Of Wisconsin Baraboo and relatives of both Grim Natwick and Max Fleischer.

John J. Jenkins

Born in Weymouth, England, Jenkins emigrated with his parents to the United States in 1852, where they settled in Baraboo, Wisconsin.

Ocooch Mountains

The Chippewa, Black, La Crosse, Kickapoo, Baraboo, Lemonweir, Pine, Wisconsin, Grant, Platte and Pecatonia rivers and their tributaries create deeply eroded valleys that contrast the nearby peaks.

Otto Griebling

He studied under and worked with Albert Hodgini in Baraboo, Wisconsin for several years, performing in Hodgini's act in the Sells Floto Circus and other circuses.

Reedsburg, Wisconsin

Reedsburg is 15 miles southwest of the Wisconsin Dells along the Baraboo River, with scenic views of the Baraboo Range to the south.

The College of Saint Mary Magdalen

From 2007 to 2011, the college owned the Durward's Glen retreat house in Baraboo, Wisconsin, formerly a novitiate for the Order of St. Camillus, and operated it as a site for retreats, religious events, and educational programs.

W43BR

Baraboo Broadcasting, who owns channel 43, also produce WRPQ and Baraboo's Government-access television (GATV) cable TV channel.

W43BR is carried on Charter Cable throughout the Baraboo-Wisconsin Dells area on channel 10 including Columbia, Sauk, County, Juneau and western portions of Dane counties.

WNNO-FM

Its station is located in the vacation mecca of Wisconsin Dells and Lake Delton, and its signal can be reached out to Portage, Poynette, Baraboo, Lyndon Station, and Adams-Friendship, even as far as the northern Madison Metro area.


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