The History of Iowa County 1881 by C. W. Butterfield The grandaddy of resources for Iowa County, now online, and searchable, thanks to the Wisconsin Historical Society. Click here to link to this important resource.
The Cornish in Southwest Wisconsin: Written in 1898by Lewis Albert Copeland, this account of the settling of the lead region by immigrants from Cornwall is part of the Wisconsin Historical Collections available at the Wisconsin Historical Society. Click here to link to the article.
Memoirs of Iowa County is also available online through the Wisconsin Historical Society. Published in 1913, you may find biographies here that are not available elsewhere. Click here to link.
Mineral Point and Richland County. Reminiscences/ history of the early days of Mineral Point, including the origin of the name "Shake Rag Under the Hill", told by John B. Shaw, in "Shaw's Narrative" available in the WI Historical Collections.
Early History of Mineral Point: as told in several issues of a local paper, on the event of its centennial celebration. Find it in "Local History and Biography Articles" on the WHS site. Click here to link to the stories.
Gold Fever Strikes/ Mineral Pointers go to California, including two enterprising men who build a boat to sail to the gold fields from landlocked Wisconsin. Available in "Local History and Biography Articles" on the Wisconsin Historical Society site. Click here to link.
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