Every town has stories of quirky characters, scoundrels, and saints (or near-saints anyway), but Mineral Point seems to have had far more than its fair share. Three future US Presidents, Governors, Civil War Generals, a candidate for sainthood and the would-be future King of France once walked the streets of Mineral Point. Of course, there are plenty of everyday people who lived and died and made a mark on this old mining town too. So if you like good stories, come along and take a podcast walking tour of a city with no stoplights that once had more people than Milwaukee and Chicago combined.
The links to download the MP3 and map for the walking tour are below.
Funded in part by a grant from the Wisconsin Humanities Council, with funds from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the State of Wisconsin, and the Jeffris Family Foundation. Any views, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this project do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities
Funded in part by a grant from the Wisconsin Art Board, with funds from the National Endowment for the Arts.
Mineral Point Historical Society • 234 Madison Street • PO Box 188 • Mineral Point, WI 53565 608.987.2884
