{"product_id":"along-the-old-darlington-road-john-c-sharp-9781955656689","title":"Along the Old Darlington Road: A History of the Darlington Road Valley, Mineral Point, Wisconsin","description":"\u003cp\u003eThese pages contain pictures and stories of Mineral Point's early commercial history and tell of men and women who built businesses along Mineral Point Creek and Old Darlington Road. In 1845 Matilda Hood built the first gristmill in Mineral Point using the creek water to power the mill stones. In 1909 Charlie Curtis started a successful cement block company along Darlington Road. That block plant was destroyed by a mysterious dynamite explosion in 1921. These businesses and others in the Darlington Road valley helped create a commercial and industrial city that became the center of southwest Wisconsin in the 1800s \"the city where Wisconsin began.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John C. Sharp\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1955656681\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781955656689\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Little Creek Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 162\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.74lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.00h x 8.00w x 0.44d","brand":"John C. Sharp","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48450069430527,"sku":"9781955656689","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0299fa28-4b1e-4037-b817-e4cd71375106.jpg?v=1777266091","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/along-the-old-darlington-road-john-c-sharp-9781955656689","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}