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Pleasant Ridge [2] Grant: 42°49′52″N 90°48′47″W: c. 1850: 1959 Settled by formerly enslaved African Americans in the 1850s, Pleasant Ridge was home to over 100 people, approximately half of whom were African Americans, through the early 20th century. The last resident died in 1959.
A 1980 Life magazine photo essay including Summerwind among "Terrifying Tales of Nine Haunted Houses" apparently spread the supernatural tales originated in Bober's book. [12] According to author Marv Balousek, locals never believed the home was haunted and were dismayed when the home became somewhat of a supernatural tourist attraction. [11]
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It is reputedly haunted by the ghosts of Hessian soldiers and 18th-century lovers Elisha Benton and Jemima Barrows, who tragically died from smallpox. [39] Dudleytown is an abandoned town founded in the mid-1740s. It lies in the middle of a forested area in Cornwall. The original buildings are gone and only their foundations remain.
2-story Queen Anne-style house built 1886 or '87, with fish-scale shingles covering the second story and Stick style decoration in the gable ends. Slaymaker was a carpenter for Beloit Iron works, and he may have built the house. [247] [248] 120: Samuel Smiley House: Samuel Smiley House: October 21, 1982 : SE of Orfordville on WI 213