Shake Rag
N 42° 51.703 W 090° 10.478
15T E 730813 N 4749331
Shake Rag Historical Marker in Mineral Point
Waymark Code: WM1D0D
Location: Wisconsin, United States
Date Posted: 04/08/2007
Views: 13
"In the 1830's, tin miners from Cornwall, England started coming to S. W. Wisconsin to work the newly discovered lead ore deposits. In certain localities they built their stone cottages similar to the ones of their homeland.
Shake Rag, the greatest concentration of these homes, was so named because at meal time the shaking of rags by the womenfolk would call the men from the mines on the opposite hill.
Erected 1951 by
The Citizens of Mineral Point"
County: Iowa
Location: Other
MarkerID: 5
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