Iowa County WI Archives History - Books .....Mineral Point History 1973
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Book Title: From Pages 89-90, In Mineral Point: A History

“The end of territorial days occurred in 1847 and 1848.” The biographer of 
Cyrus Woodman, Larry Garry wrote:

	“Some villagers persisted in dumping rubbish on the narrow lanes 
fronting their houses. There were only a few sidewalks, privately built, and 
the town lacked equipment and organization to fight fires. Fights were common 
and sometimes they ended in murder. But by 1848 the shifting population of 
earlier years had begun to stabilize itself.”

	“Some signs of improvement were apparent in the small village…Men were 
erecting new dwellings and new business structures. In 1847 workers smelted 
lead at five different furnaces, and a new copper furnace began operating in 
the vicinity of the Point. But though prices remained high, more and more 
villagers were exchanging the miner’s pickax for the plow. The transition was 
slow but steady, for as soon as the surface veins of lead were exhausted, 
miners left the ore fields and started cultivating the rich soil of the area.”

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