Historical Perspective: A bogus camp was for real

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Nov

Historical Perspective: A bogus camp was for real


This 1859 Bear Creek map shows the location of Bogus Camp. (Sauk County Historical Society photo)

C.W. Butterfield, in his “History of Sauk County-1880,” relates a story about a couple of enterprising characters who found a better way to raise capital to fill their pockets. They literally made their own money…by counterfeiting it.

 

 


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