Iowa County WI Archives History - Books .....John Barber Parkinson 1921
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Book Title: Memories Of Wisconsin And The Gold Mines

From John Barber Parkinson, “Memories of Wisconsin and the Gold Mines”, 1921, 
Pioneering in the Upper Midwest: Books from Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin, 
Library of Congress:

	Page 7-9-“Our nearest town of any size was Mineral Point. Wiota was 
then a little village in the heart of the mining section. It was called 
Hamilton’s Diggings down there…When I returned home from Beloit for the spring 
vacation in 1852, I found Father outfitting a party to go to California. 
Excitement over the Gold mines was running very high; in every neighborhood men 
were preparing to cross the plains…”


Additional Comments:
See http://www.maritimeheritage.org for more on the SS Golden Gate and other 
ships which carried Iowa County residents to the California Gold Rush, 
particularly the steamship Independence.

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