Description East of the Mississippi River, and just north of the Illinois-Wisconsin border, the soil was once fertile with huge deposits of lead and zinc.
Roads, bridges, and railroad tunnels soon connected these Towns w.
Towns with names like Snake Digs, Cottonwood, and Etna grew very rapidly.
Miners, farmers, and merchants flocked to the region, some bringing along their families.
White men discovered these riches in the early 1800s, well before Wisconsin became a state in 1848.
Description East of the Mississippi River, and just north of the Illinois-Wisconsin border, the soil was once fertile with huge deposits of lead and zinc