In the 1830's tin miners from Cornwall, England, started coming to S.W. Wisconsin to work the newly discovered lead ore deposits. In certain localities they built their stone cottages similar to the ones of their homeland.
Shake Rag, the greatest concentration of these homes, was so named because at mealtime the shaking of rags by the womenfolk would summon the men from the mines of the opposite hill.
in parking lot at 114 Shake Rag St., Mineral Point Iowa County.
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