Description: Lead Mining Towns of Southwest Wisconsin, Wisconsin, Images of America, Paperbac 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 where schools, churches, and businesses developed. Today tourists are invited to visit museums, mines, and shops in the region to explore its colorful past.
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Location: Columbia, South Carolina
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Brand: Unbranded
MPN: 9780738551999
Book Title: Lead Mining Towns of Southwest Wisconsin
Item Length: 9.2in
Item Height: 0.3in
Item Width: 6.5in
Author: Carol Mclernon
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: Mining, Subjects & Themes / Regional (See Also Travel / Pictorials), United States / State & Local / MidWest (IA, IL, in, Ks, MI, MN, MO, Nd, Ne, OH, Sd, Wi), Pictorials (See Also Photography / Subjects & Themes / Regional), United States / MidWest / East North Central (IL, in, MI, OH, Wi), United States / General
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Publication Year: 2008
Genre: Photography, Technology & Engineering, Travel, History
Item Weight: 0.7 Oz
Number of Pages: 128 Pages
