Shirley Baugher has been a resident of Old Town since 1978. She and her husband Norman lived for seven years in the North Park Condominiums. In 1985, they bought the historic row house on Crilly Court and have been there ever since. Shirley earned an M. A. and Ph.D. in history from Northwestern University and has written extensively in the area of American History.
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Meet The Blogger
Shirley Baugher
Historian and Old Town chronicler, Shirley is now a freelance writer. She recently completed a new Old Town history for The History Press: The Hidden History of Old Town. It contains little known-stories about people and events from the area's colorful past. She is also writing reviews and interviewing filmmakers for Zacuto USA, a video production company.
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