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The site, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, is made up of several 19th century stone and timber cabins built by Cornish immigrants who came to Mineral Point to mine lead and zinc. Today the site is owned by the Wisconsin Historical Society and serves as a museum of Wisconsin's early lead mining history. [2]
Buffalo City-Cochrane Area Historical Society; ... Dr. Kate Newcomb Museum, Woodruff Historical Society & Library; ... Mineral Point Historical Society; Mondovi Area ...
website, also known as The Gundry House, 1868 Italianate home surrounded by 9 acres of lawns, flowers, and trees, operated by the Mineral Point Historical Society Oregon Area Historical Society Museum: Oregon: Dane: Southern Savanna: Local history: website: Oshkosh Public Museum: Oshkosh: Winnebago: Central Sands Prairie: Multiple
The city's well-preserved historical character within the varied natural topography of the driftless area has made it a regional tourist destination. Mineral Point is sometimes called Wisconsin's third oldest city, [3] [4] [5] but the Wisconsin Historical Society notes several older colonial settlements. [6] Mineral Point City Hall
Apr. 18—WILLARD — "We're small but we are mighty." Those were the words Friday of Willard Historical Society President Margo Barnett prior to the ribbon-cutting for the new museum in uptown ...
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In the early summer of 1889 Joseph Pearsall saw glittering deposits and traced them north to Seventysix Gulch and the area that became Monte Cristo. A frenzy of claim staking quickly followed. In 1890 many miners hiked to Monte Cristo from the south by way of Index, Galena, and Mineral City, crossing the divide at first via Wilmans Pass and ...
Missouri Mines State Historic Site occupies Federal Mill No. 3 in Park Hills, Missouri, United States, which processed the lead and zinc ore that was mined in the immediate area for many decades. The site's old power building features a geological and mining history museum and interpretive center focusing on the state's historic Old Lead Belt. [4]