{"id":289,"date":"2023-01-28T18:01:51","date_gmt":"2023-01-28T18:01:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/columbuswiareahistory.com\/?page_id=289"},"modified":"2025-08-27T17:12:54","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T17:12:54","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/columbuswiareahistory.com\/?page_id=289","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"289\" class=\"elementor elementor-289\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1deefab elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1deefab\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0a0b413\" data-id=\"0a0b413\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fc85053 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"fc85053\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-xxl\">Columbus Wi Area Historical Society ... about us<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d89e6f0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d89e6f0\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-17bd8de\" data-id=\"17bd8de\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7cdab0d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7cdab0d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>The Columbus Area Historical Society was founded in 2010 by Kim Bates, Marsha Dake, Shelly and Wally Hlaban, Peter Kaland and Dan Wagner. They were interested in collecting, preserving and sharing the unique and significant historical artifacts and stories of the area of Columbus, Columbia County, Wisconsin.<\/strong><\/p><p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Columbus Area Historical Society Board \u2013 2025<\/strong><\/span><\/p><ul><li>President \u2013 Randy Koehn<\/li><li>Vice-president \u2013 Peter Kaland<\/li><li>Secretary \u2013 Sheila Worthen<\/li><li>Treasurer \u2013 Andrea Loppnow<\/li><\/ul><p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Columbus Area Historical Society<\/strong><\/span><\/p><ul><li>Programming chair \u2013 Randy Koehn<\/li><li>Website coordinator \u2013 Julie Belschner<\/li><li>Columnist \u2013 Peter Kaland<\/li><\/ul><p>Email \u2013 <a href=\"mailto:info@columbuswiareahistory.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">info@columbuswiareahistory.com<\/a><\/p><p>Facebook page \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/columbuswiareahistory\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.facebook.com\/columbuswiareahistory<\/a><\/p><p>Mailing address \u2013 P. 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