[PDF.47wu] Lead Mining Towns of Southwest Wisconsin (Images of America)

Lead Mining Towns of Southwest Wisconsin (Images of America)

[PDF.lp36] Lead Mining Towns of Southwest Wisconsin (Images of America)

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 | #1883879 in Books |  Arcadia Publishing |  2008-04-07 |  2008-04-07 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  9.25 x.31 x6.50l,.71 | File type: PDF | 128 pages

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||1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.| > What's covered is covered fairly well.|By Stoney|The book could be more accurately titled, "A FEW Lead Mining Towns of Southwestern LA FAYETTE COUNTY, Wisconsin".

The chapters are:
1. Three Mounds and the Point of Beginning
2. Natches, New Digs, and Strawbrige
3. Cottonwood
4. Shullsburg
5. Farms and Small Towns
6. Cuba City and Darlin|About the Author|Carol March McLernon grew up in the southwestern lead-mining region and attended school near a ghost town. August Derleth, author of Land of Gray Gold, visited Shullsburg High School while McLernon was a student there. McLernon received her teac

East of the Mississippi River, and just north of the Illinois-Wisconsin border, the soil was once fertile with huge deposits of lead and zinc. White men discovered these riches in the early 1800s, well before Wisconsin became a state in 1848. Miners, farmers, and merchants flocked to the region, some bringing along their families. Towns with names like Snake Digs, Cottonwood, and Etna grew very rapidly. Roads, bridges, and railroad tunnels soon connected these towns wher...

You can specify the type of files you want, for your gadget.Lead Mining Towns of Southwest Wisconsin (Images of America)   |  Carol McLernon.Not only was the story interesting, engaging and relatable, it also teaches lessons.

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