| Platteville Contributor(s): Hibbard, James B. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0738533173 ISBN-13: 9780738533179 Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC) OUR PRICE: $22.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2004 Annotation: Called the "Mound City" for its proximity to the Platte Mound, Platteville has played an important role in Southwest Wisconsin for over 175 years. Throughout the 1830s and 1840s, Platteville was a significant mining center in the Lead Region, mining, smelting, and shipping lead ore to market. The Platteville Academy was established in 1839 and was later replaced by the state's first Normal School, which opened its doors in 1866. Forty-two years later, in 1908, the Wisconsin Mining Trade School was established. Those two schools merged in 1959 and in 1971 became the University of Wisconsin-Platteville. |
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| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - Midwest(ia,il,in,ks,mi,mn,mo,nd,ne,oh,sd,wi - Photography | Subjects & Themes - Regional (see Also Travel - Pictorials) - Travel | Pictorials (see Also Photography - Subjects & Themes - Regional) |
| Dewey: 759.951 |
| LCCN: 2004107606 |
| Series: Images of America (Arcadia Publishing) |
| Physical Information: 0.49" H x 6.5" W x 9.28" (0.65 lbs) 128 pages |
| Themes: - Geographic Orientation - Wisconsin |
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Contributor Bio(s): Hibbard, James B.: - James B. Hibbard is an archivist at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville. In addition to working with historic manuscripts in the University's archives, the Southwest Wisconsin Room, Mr. Hibbard is active in the Grant County Historical Society, serves on a committee at the Rollo Jamison Museum, and works with the genealogical/local history societies of the area. |
