Sinnipee, Wisconsin
Sinnipee (also called Sinipee) is a former settlement in Grant County, Wisconsin, United States. Sinnipee was a port community on the Mississippi River at the mouth of the Sinnipee Creek; it played a significant role in the lead trade.[1] The community was first settled prior to 1832 by Payton Vaughan of North Carolina and was founded by the Sinnipee Company in 1835. A hotel called the Old Stone House opened in the community in 1839; both US president Zachary Taylor and Confederate president Jefferson Davis stayed at the hotel during its operation. The community suffered a flood and an outbreak of fever in 1840, which hurt the town's businesses; all but two families left Sinnipee, and by 1859, only one building remained in the town's business district. After a fire, the hotel was dismantled to build a dam on the Mississippi River. The community was located in the town of Jamestown.[2] In 1934, the site of the community was flooded due to the construction of Lock and Dam No. 11 on the Mississippi.[3]
References
- ^ "Sinipee, Grant Co". Dictionary of Wisconsin History. Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved August 28, 2012.
- ^ "The History of Sinnipee". Fennimore Times. September 21, 1927. Retrieved August 28, 2012.
- ^ Krainik, Clifford (August 2001). "Sinipee: Atlantis on the Mississippi!". Julien's Journal. Retrieved August 28, 2012.
Further reading
- Stark, William F. (1977). "Sinipee". Ghost Towns of Wisconsin. Sheboygan: Zimmermann Press. pp. 9–15. OCLC 3564408.
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