Lead Mining Towns Of Southwest Wisconsin
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Lead Mining Towns Of Southwest Wisconsin
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Author : Carol March McLernon
language : en
Publisher: Arcadia Library Editions
Release Date : 2008-04
Lead Mining Towns Of Southwest Wisconsin written by Carol March McLernon and has been published by Arcadia Library Editions this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-04 with History categories.
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.
Lead Mining Towns Of Southwest Wisconsin
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Author : Carol March McLernon
language : en
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Release Date : 2008
Lead Mining Towns Of Southwest Wisconsin written by Carol March McLernon and has been published by Arcadia Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with History categories.
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.
A Short History Of Wisconsin
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Author : Erika Janik
language : en
Publisher: Wisconsin Historical Society
Release Date : 2011-02-02
A Short History Of Wisconsin written by Erika Janik and has been published by Wisconsin Historical Society this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-02-02 with History categories.
Rediscover Wisconsin history from the very beginning. A Short History of Wisconsin recounts the landscapes, people, and traditions that have made the state the multifaceted place it is today. With an approach both comprehensive and accessible, historian Erika Janik covers several centuries of Wisconsin's remarkable past, showing how the state was shaped by the same world wars, waves of new inhabitants, and upheavals in society and politics that shaped the nation. Swift, authoritative, and compulsively readable, A Short History of Wisconsin commences with the glaciers that hewed the region's breathtaking terrain, the Native American cultures who first called it home, and French explorers and traders who mapped what was once called "Mescousing." Janik moves through the Civil War and two world wars, covers advances in the rights of women, workers, African Americans, and Indians, and recent shifts involving the environmental movement and the conservative revolution of the late 20th century. Wisconsin has hosted industries from fur-trapping to mining to dairying, and its political landscape sprouted figures both renowned and reviled, from Fighting Bob La Follette to Joseph McCarthy. Janik finds the story of a state not only in the broad strokes of immigration and politics, but also in the daily lives shaped by work, leisure, sports, and culture. A Short History of Wisconsin offers a fresh understanding of how Wisconsin came into being and how Wisconsinites past and present share a deep connection to the land itself.
From Lead Mines To Gold Fields
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Author : Henry Taylor
language : en
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
Release Date : 2015-11
From Lead Mines To Gold Fields written by Henry Taylor and has been published by U of Nebraska Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-11 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Henry Taylor's long life (1825-1931) gave him an unusual perspective on change in American society. During his lifetime, the West was largely settled. America fought wars with Mexico and Spain, was nearly torn apart by a civil conflict, and then joined allies across the sea in World War I. Inventions proliferated (trains, cars, airplanes, to name a few), and twenty-six presidents served in office. Taylor's life also exemplifies the mobile American lifestyle. His family moved several times before he left the lead mines of Wisconsin for the gold fields of California during the early 1850s. Taylor's account of his journey across the western continent in search of fortune provides an arresting and detailed look at the dangers of the trail. His account of his move to western Nebraska in 1878 offers insight into the problems and successes of the early homesteaders and settlers. The latter portions of the autobiography concern his later travels and his reflections on his long life. With wit and a keen sense of character, Taylor began to record his life story when he was 80 and completed it at the age of 103. Donald L. Parman has organized and annotated Taylor's story, supplying an introduction and information on people, places, and events in the text.
Early Lead Mining In Illinois And Wisconsin
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Author : Reuben Gold Thwaites
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1894
Early Lead Mining In Illinois And Wisconsin written by Reuben Gold Thwaites and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1894 with Lead mines and mining categories.
Wisconsin Land And Life
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Author : Robert Clifford Ostergren
language : en
Publisher: Univ of Wisconsin Press
Release Date : 1997
Wisconsin Land And Life written by Robert Clifford Ostergren and has been published by Univ of Wisconsin Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with History categories.
Rolling green hills dotted with Holstein cows, red barns, and blue silos. The Great Lakes ports at Superior, Ashland, and Kenosha. A Polish wedding dance or a German biergarten in Milwaukee. The dappled quiet of the Chequamagon forest. A weatherbeaten but tidy town hall at the intersection of two county trunk highways. Ojibwa families gathering wild rice into canoes. The boat ride through the Dells. The upland ridges of the Driftless Area, falling away into hidden valleys. . . . These are images of Wisconsin's land and life, images that evoke a strong sense of place. This book, Wisconsin Land and Life, is an exploration of place, a series of original essays by Wisconsin geographers that offers an introduction to the state's natural environment, the historical processes of its human habitation, and the ways that nature and people interact to create distinct regional landscapes. To read it is to come away with a sweeping view of Wisconsin's geography and history: the glaciers that carved lakes and moraines; the soils and climate that fostered the prairies and great northern pine forests; the early Native Americans who began to shape the landscape and who established forest trails and river portages; the successive waves of Europeans who came to trade in furs, mine for lead and iron, cut the white pines, establish farms, work in the lumber and paper mills, and transform spent wheatfields into pasture for dairy cattle. Readers will learn, too, about the platting and naming of Wisconsin's towns, the establishment of county and township governments, the growth of urban neighborhoods and parishes, the role of rivers, railroads, and religion in shaping the state's growth, and the controversial reforestation of the cutover lands that eventually transformed hardscrabble farms and swamps into a sportsman's paradise. Abundantly illustrated with photos and maps, this book will richly reward anyone who wishes to learn more about the land and life of the place we know as Wisconsin.
Platteville
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Author : James B. Hibbard
language : en
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Release Date : 2004
Platteville written by James B. Hibbard and has been published by Arcadia Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with History categories.
Called the "Mound City" for its proximity to the Platte Mound, Platteville has played an important role in Southwest Wisconsin for over 175 years. Throughout the 1830s and 1840s, Platteville was a significant mining center in the Lead Region, mining, smelting, and shipping lead ore to market. The Platteville Academy was established in 1839 and was later replaced by the state's first Normal School, which opened its doors in 1866. Forty-two years later, in 1908, the Wisconsin Mining Trade School was established. Those two schools merged in 1959 and in 1971 became the University of Wisconsin-Platteville.
Trout Streams Of Wisconsin And Minnesota An Angler S Guide To More Than 120 Trout Rivers And Streams Second Edition
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Author : Jim Humphrey
language : en
Publisher: The Countryman Press
Release Date : 2001-11-17
Trout Streams Of Wisconsin And Minnesota An Angler S Guide To More Than 120 Trout Rivers And Streams Second Edition written by Jim Humphrey and has been published by The Countryman Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-11-17 with Travel categories.
The definitive guide to this trout-fishing mecca, which includes several of Trout Unlimited's top 100 trout streams in the country. Wisconsin and Minnesota together boast more than 12,500 miles of designated trout waters in more than 3,000 streams. Thanks to conservation efforts by governmental and volunteer organizations, fishing is better than it has been in decades. In this completely updated and expanded second edition, the authors have added information on many new streams. Veteran anglers Humphrey and Shogren describe their native trout waters with an evocative sense of place that conveys not only the details but also the experience an angler can expect. Features include: profiles of more than 120 productive trout rivers and streams; information on hatches, access points, and wading conditions; travel directions, map references, and information on nearby facilities; 55 detailed maps; hatch charts for the region's major hatches; advice on tackle, flies, and tactic; local hatch charts and fly patterns; information on tackle shops and guide services; and much more.
Our Family Our Town
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1987
Our Family Our Town written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1987 with United States categories.
Life On Wisconsins Lead Mining Frontier
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Author : James Ira Clark
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1976-01-01
Life On Wisconsins Lead Mining Frontier written by James Ira Clark and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1976-01-01 with Lead mines and mining categories.