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Christiana McDonald DodgeWife of Colonel Dodge and the mother of thirteen children. She married Dodge in 1801 and was his faithful companion for sixty-four years. In Iowa County she was the fervent popularizer of the White Rose of The House of York made famous during the Wars of the Roses from 1455-1487 in England. A vigorous example of this annually blooming rose may be viewed at the Dodge Mining Camp Cabin in Dodgeville. (Photo courtesy of the Wis. Historical Society)
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Homer Davis (1888-1912)Talented Ridgeway born poet, playwright and composer, whose talent was snuffed out at twenty-five years of age. His work was done in the classical manner. Read some of his works at the Dodgeville Public Library.
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Morris Hall in DodgevilleBuilt in 1865 by the enterprising local blacksmith, Peter Morris. (Photo in collections of the Iowa County Historical Society)
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Iowa County Grocery StoreA typical late nineteenth century grocery store in Iowa County. (Photo in collections of the Iowa County Historical Society)
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Dodgeville on a busy day, circa 1908Many of the early business districts and homes in Mineral Point and Dodgeville are now protected under historic preservation ordinances. Both communities were founded in 1827 by miners and speculators thirsting for the riches they believed were at hand as they prospected for lead. (Photo in collections of the Iowa County Historical Society)
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Jessie Lee Maddin EggersJessie Lee Maddin Eggers was born in Dodgeville in 1867 to Henry Dodge Maddin and Sallie Hopkins Connell. Jessie was on the first ballot (1922) in Wisconsin in which women could run for a seat in the previously all male state legislature. She lost in Manitowoc County, Wisconsin but helped set a bold pattern for female participation in open elections. (Photo courtesy of the Maddin-Eggers Family)
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Mock School Room
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Needlework Samplesby Janette Hartman
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