Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1895-01-10
A Famous Old City.


1 Mineral Point is one of the old
towns of the west. The hills and
valleys, in and about the city, have
given the world lead enough to fight
all of the battles of the past thous-
and years. Mineral Point was started
because of the lead deposits in its
vicinity. 1t is a substantial city. 1t
has more stone buildings in it than
any other city in the state, of its size
and some of them have been standing
between 50 and so years. In the early
days there were among it inhabi-
tants many from Virginia, Kentucky
and England. Their representatives
are still there in considerable NUM-
bers, and good citizens, too. For a
long time it was the chief town in
the lead regions of the state. 1t does
not lack much of being that now.
Great men have walked upon its
streets-A braham Lincoln, Gen. u. s.
Grant, Elihu b. Washburn, Genaral
Logan, stephen A. Douglas, Senator
George w. Jones, Governor Henry
Dodge and a host of Wisconsin's dis
tinguished men of the past and
present day. 1t has been the home
of large number of prominent men.
While military lodge of MasonsI
was organized at Green Bay and
Fort Howard in the 20's, the first reg
ular Masonic lodge ever organized
in Wisconsin territory was Mineral
Point No. |, and the dispensation
was given by the Missouri Masonic
authorities nearly fifty-five years
ago, or in 1910. The number of the
lodge was afterwards changed. Min
eral Point has furnished Grand Mas
ters for the order. 1t has given the
state some Of its best officers. 1t gave
Wisconsin troops some of their brav-
est and best commanders. 1t was
one of the first towns in the state to
offer soldiers in 1861.
Its business and professional men
have always ranked high. Its many
| churches and excellent schools speak
loudly in praise of the city. While
the mining interests made it's foun-
dation and have figured largely IN
its upbuilding, it has other helps.
Mineral Point is the home of one of
the largest zinc factories in the
world, that operated by the Mineral
Point Zinc Go. The plant gives EN-
ployment to about one hundred men,
and turns out from 250 to 300 barrels
of zinc per day. The ore comes from
this state, Missouri and New Mexico.
Mineral Point has, also, large
woolen mill and a pulp mill. The
city has tive ably conducted weekly
papers, the Tribune and the Demo
crat, the former by the Bennett Bros.
and the latter by the Crawford Bros.
-four good citizens and four supe-
rior newspaper men.
Once a year there is a Grand Army
Day ut Mineral Point. By common
consent no other entertainment is
given or encouraged that day or
night The people of all classes
unite in contributing to the success
of Grand Army Day. Last Monday
evening there was large and appre-
ciative audience in large hall. Ad-
dresses were made by Asst. Adjutant
General Tallmadge, Capt. Richard
Carter, department senior vice COM
mander, Rev. Chase, Mr.. Martin and
| the department commander. Four
or five hundred people partook of
an excellent supper, all the materials
Of which were contributed by the
citizens. Across the street, In an
other large hall, the young people,
and some not so young, danced out
the old and welcomed in the new
year. At one time twelve members
Of the Grand Army were dancing,
and If you could have seen them you
would not have been surprised at
the hilarity Of the dancers. This is
further proof that the ex-soldiers
are still young men.
Grand Army Day 1T Mineral Point,
under the auspices of Geo. Fl. Legate
Post, is always an important event
That city of 5000 inhabitants has a
keen appreciation Of the services Of
the soldiers, and finds pleasure iii
affording them pleasure fn these lat
ter years. All honor to them, and \
God bless EN-.