"David Caldwell Reed, Founder of Reedsburg". The story of the man who founded a new city in Wisconsin. He arrived in 1847, and along with several other pioneers, set to making a settlement along the Baraboo River. When gold was discovered at Pike's Peak, a cadre of Reedsburg's prominent citizens headed West to seek their fortune. David Reed was one of them. He then disappeared without a trace. This is the story of the founding of a new village, the search for gold and of the search for Mr. Reed. 46 pages, color photographs.
Compiled by William c. Schuette
