Mineral Point, located in the southwest corner of the state, is chock full of history and the digital collection from Mineral Point Public Library is as well. The Mineral Point Library Archives started as the “Mineral Point Roots Cellar” in 1981 when Robert Neal donated his collection of local history materials to the Mineral Point Public Library. It has been added to by local families and others interested in the early days of Mineral Point and documents the history of Mineral Point with photographs of buildings no longer standing, streets before widening, and homes before renovation.
![Man perched on Mineral Point highway sign](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Perch.jpg)
![Trelawney and Pendarvis house on Shake Rag street. Undated.](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Trelawney-Pendarvis.jpg)
![Looking west on High Street from chimney of Public Service Plant, 1914.](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/High-Street.jpg)
![Bob James drives his horse drawn wagon down High Street in Mineral Point; note on back of photograph: Bob James, West end of High Street north side. Undated.](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Bob-James.jpg)
![View of Mineral Point, 1864](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Aerial.jpg)
![119 and 117 Jail Alley](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Jail-Alley.jpg)
![Hotel Rasmussen on the corner of Commerce and Fountain Streets](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Commerce-Street.jpg)
![Shake Rag - Commerce Street Intersection; Five Points Corner](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Shake-Rag.jpg)
![Riders in front of Indian Motorcycle shop, Shake Rag Street, Mineral Point](https://recollectionwisconsin.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Motorcycles.jpg)