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Location of Potosi in Grant County, Wisconsin. / 42.70278°N 90.71556°W / 42.70278; -90.71556. The Potosi Brewery, a landmark at the west end of the village, operated continuously from 1852 to 1972. Potosi is a village in Grant County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 688 at the 2010 census. The village is in the Town of ...
The St. John Mine is located in Potosi, Wisconsin. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. History. Once a natural cave, Native Americans mined lead out of the site before Wisconsin's "lead rush" in 1827. The first non-Native American work the mine was Willis St. John.
The Potosi Badger Huts Site is located in Potosi, Wisconsin. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996. It was listed for its potential to yield information in the future. It is an archeological site which includes the remnants of two structures, plus 100 "diggings", shafts, and a possible adit. The site derives "from ...
Wisconsin is one of the least successful states in the Miss USA system with only seven placements in over sixty years as the state has yet to win the Miss USA title. The most recent placement was Alexis Maria Loomans in 2023, placing 2nd runner-up that is the state highest placing since Mary Cook earning 2nd runner-up in 1974 as well, and they ...
The Potosi Brewing Company was officially founded by Schumacher and his brothers, Nicholas and Henry, in 1906. In 1972, the brewery ceased operations. [3] [4] Gary David purchased the building in 1995 and donated it to the Potosi Foundation in 2001 and the brewery property was officially transferred. [5] The Potosi Brewing Company building re ...
Edward L. Doheny (1856–1935), oil tycoon ( Fond du Lac) Ole Evinrude (1877–1924), inventor and entrepreneur ( Cambridge, Madison, Milwaukee) Judith Faulkner (born 1943), formerly of New Jersey; billionaire; CEO and founder of Epic Systems, a healthcare software company located in Wisconsin.
The following are people born in or otherwise closely associated with Potosi, Wisconsin or Potosi (town), Wisconsin. Pages in category "People from Potosi, Wisconsin" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total.
220 East Franklin Street. 43°56′46″N 90°48′29″W. / 43.9461°N 90.8081°W / 43.9461; -90.8081 ( William G. and Anne Williams House) Sparta. 2.5 story Queen Anne-styled house built from 1891 to 1900, with carriage house. William was a banker, register of deeds, and led development of the Williams block downtown.