Remembering Hiroshima from Baraboo during National Aviation History Month Jonathan Shipley Oct 31, 2022 Oct 31, 2022 0 Garvin Kowalke is buried at Baraboo's Walnut Hill Cemetery. Jonathan Shipley Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Jonathan Shipley Garvin Kowalke, born in North Freedom, piloted a B-29 plane in WWII named the "City of Baraboo." SAUK COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY kAm%96 52J 367@C6 E96 2E@>:4 3@>3 76== @? w:C@D9:>2[ u:CDE {:6FE6?2?E v2CG:? z@H2=<6 H@<6 FA] xE H2D pF8] d[ `hcd] w6 H@<6 FA @? 32D6[ A2CE @7 E96 %H6?E:6E9 p:C u@C46[ :? E96 |2C:2?2 xD=2?5D[ `[d__ >:=6D 7C@> y2A2?] z@H2=<6 2H@<6 2?5 8@E 9:>D6=7 2?5 9:D 7=J>2E6D C625J E@ 7=J H62E96C C64@??2:DD2?46 @G6C w:C@D9:>2]k^AmkAm“xE H2D?’E C62==J E2=<65 23@FE >F49[” z@H2=<6 =2E6C C6>6>36C65[ “3FE 6G6? 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Sauk Prairie to mark Veterans Day with local youth Children at Prairie du Sac's Grand Avenue Elementary School will take part in a Veteran's Day ceremony with Sauk Prairie's VFW on school grounds.
Sauk County History Society says, 'All I want for Christmas is Baraboo' The Sauk County Historical Society has a handful of holiday events in the coming days.
Map it: Find your way to Sauk County Historical Society presentation Paul Wolter of the Sauk County Historical Society, will give a live presentation of "Maps of Sauk County" on February 9 at 7 pm at the History…
Black History Month: Civil War hero buried in Baraboo Aaron Roberts, buried at Oak Hill Cemetery in Baraboo, fought in the Civil War as part of the 29th United States Colored Infantry.
Historical marker in Reedsburg remembers an old WWII POW camp Reedsburg, during the last months of WWII, had a German POW camp. It was recently remembered with a new sign installed by the Wisconsin Histor…
