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Shullsburg was founded during the 1820s in parts by Jesse Shull and Henry Gratiot and due to their ventures into lead mining. Following the Black Hawk War conflict Gratiot's Grove (Wisconsin) and other small settlements consolidated into Shullsburg.
The Water Street Commercial Historic District in Shullsburg in Lafayette County, Wisconsin is a 7 acres (2.8 ha) historic district which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992. It included 34 contributing buildings. [1] It includes Shullsburg's downtown, both now and during early lead-mining.
Shullsburg is a town in Lafayette County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 354 at the 2010 census. [ 3 ] The city of Shullsburg is located within the town but is separate from it.
Wisconsinites can still visit some of the towns and cities that date back to the state's founding. Here's a list.
Wisconsin has 609 historical markers across the state, each one marking a person, place or event that is significant to Wisconsin history. The program started in 1943, when then-Governor Walter ...
The Gratiot House, located about 2 miles (3.2 km) south of Shullsburg, Wisconsin is a Georgian-styled limestone house built by Henry Gratiot in 1835. It is the last remaining building of Gratiot Grove, one of the state's first settlements, a lead-mining outpost begun in Winnebago territory in 1826 on the stage road from Galena to Chicago.
Shullsburg's downtown, both now and during early lead-mining. Properties include the 1847/78/84 City Hotel, [ 20 ] the 1855/1886 Brewster House Hotel, [ 21 ] the 1867 Greek Revival Methodist Episcopal Church, [ 22 ] 1882 Copeland Opera House, [ 23 ] the 1884 Italianate Merchants Union Bank, [ 24 ] the 1884 Gothic Revival /eclectic Williams ...
In 1836, he married, and settled on a farm near Shullsburg, Wisconsin. With news of the California Gold Rush , Townsend resolved to try his hand at mining in that region. He fitted out a train of twelve wagons, drawn by oxen, with a company of men, in the spring of 1849, and taking the land route, started on April 16, and arrived in California ...