Cheap Things To Do in Mineral Point, Wisconsin

Inscription. In the 1820s, after hearing reports of abundant lead in the area, prospective miners with "lead fever" began pouring into southwestern Wisconsin. Finding ore just beneath the surface, miners set up "diggings" and soon ... More on HMDB

The Pendarvis house became a historical site in 1970, as it chronicles the influx of Cornish immigrants to ... More on Heritage

Behind the parking lot is a large hill that contains the Merry Christmas MIne. More on TripAdvisor

Inscription. In June, 1832, an alarm spread throughout the mining region that Black Hawk and his band were on the march north from Illinois. Hastily built stockades were erected throughout the lead region. Fort Jackson was built on ... More on HMDB

Inscription. Fort Defiance was one of the last garrisoned stockade forts constructed in territorial Wisconsin. Located in the booming lead mining region, an area of early settlement, the fort was built by local settlers in 1832 when ... More on HMDB

Inscription. On July 4, 1836, here in Mineral Point, Col. Henry Dodge took the oath of office to become the first Governor of the newly-created Territory of Wisconsin. This Territory, previously attached to Michigan, embraced the ... More on HMDB

Inscription. Arriving in Dodgeville in 1827, Henry Dodge, later renowned as a Black Hawk War military leader, territorial governor and state senator, began his Wisconsin career as a miner. In circa 1830, Dodge established living quarters ... More on HMDB

Inscription. In the 1830s, tin miners from Cornwall, England started coming to S. W. Wisconsin to work the newly discovered lead ore deposits. In certain localities they built their stone cottages similar to the ones of their homeland. ... More on HMDB

(49-25-a) across a creek SE of Mineral Point , Mineral Point Township, Iowa County, WI. WI23/39 SE 0.5 miles from jct with Commerce St. in Mineral Point, N. (sharp left) on Merry Christmas Ln. 0.1 miles ... More on dalejtravis.com

Open daily from 11:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. the restored Walker House in Mineral Point has served visitors since the late 1830s. More on Yahoo! Travel

'Yellowstone Lake State Park' is a Wisconsin state park. The Yellowstone Lake is a reservoir on a tributary of the Pecatonica River. The state park is included in the Yellowstone Lake State Wildlife Area. Located near Blanchardville ... More on Wikipedia