Here comes another history post! Mineral Point is undergoing a huge downtown reconstruction project this year (2023) and I wanted to create something to mark the occasion. So for the spring edition of the Mineral Point Historical Society biannual newsletter, I wrote another article about Mineral Point with a specific focus on the downtown district…
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Mineral Spring Brewing Company Ads
Historic Preservation weekend continues! Do you enjoy a good beer? Well grab one (or two) because this post is a straight talk on beer. The topic today: Mineral Spring Brewing Company ads in the olden days! These were all printed in the Mineral Point Tribune between 1912-1916. The precise dates are listed below each ad….
Makers in the Building
Historic Celebration Weekend continues! While yesterday we focused on the actual building, today we are turning the light on some of the people (and animals) that have played a role here throughout the history of the building. Here’s a small collection of a few of them: 1) A local parade featuring the Mineral Spring Brewery…
Building Through the Years
Happy Historic Preservation Weekend! There are quite a few activities planned for this weekend in Mineral Point including a Tour of Homes tomorrow afternoon. Today though, we thought we’d give our own “Tour of Building History” featuring some photos of this building as its looked over the years. 1) This photo was taken sometime before…
Doors to History
Mineral Point usually celebrates Historic Preservation Weekend the first weekend in May. Several years ago the Chamber of Commerce started a “Tour of Homes” that weekend and also did a number of other “historical things” that weekend too. During Covid times, the Chamber took a few years off hosting the tour of homes, but… they…
Brewery Museum Revamp
Yesterday (June 16, 2022) was Museum Night in Mineral Point. This was Brewery Pottery’s first time participating – and we were thrilled to be invited! We took this opportunity to showcase our small brewery museum that we revamped this spring. We’ve been collecting Mineral Spring Brewery memorabilia for many years and displaying it at the…
2021 at a Glance
As 2021 comes to a close and we prepare to round the corner and head on into 2022, I thought it’d be nice to do a year end round up. I always quite enjoy end of the year round ups (and 365 day long projects, but that’s for another post) and I’m excited for this…
Historical Society Article
Hello again! This is maybe slightly redundant based on the last post I wrote HOWEVER I’m sharing it here too because I was honored to get asked to write this piece and I think it needs a home here on the blog too. Several weeks ago, I was approached by the Mineral Point Historical Society…
Brewery Building History
Hello! Welcome back to the next installment of “History July”. We’re continuing along our journey as we celebrate the fact that this month marks the 50th anniversary of Mineral Point being the first city in Wisconsin to be added the the National List of Historic Places on July 31, 1971. I wrote a post several…
Mineral Point History
Mineral Point is celebrating a special 50 year anniversary this year. On July 31, 1971 Mineral Point was the first city in Wisconsin to be listed on the National Register of Historic Places. In the process of writing our monthly newsletter (the July featured topic is all about history) and sharing some of Mineral Point’s…