Potosi, WI

[Stocker]

Anyone from around there? I was going through some stuff and found these. Something my great grandpa saved and somehow I ended up with them.

 

[NoWiser]

My best friend is from Potosi. Cool area. We used to pick lot of morels from around there.

 

[RobertD]

Any time you find an old tool or part with an American city stamped/embossed on it is a cool find, regardless of connection to the area!

 

[BigHornRam]

Went to High School in Darlington, and can't honestly say I've ever been to Potosi.

 

[Stocker]

I thought someone with some connection to the area may want them. I’d send em to anyone on me.

 

[Nick87]

Beautiful area get up that way as much as I can. Can't believe you left @BigHornRam.

 

[Gellar]

I’ve drank a lot of potosi beer. Cool museum at the old brewery if you are into that. It’s about 40 minutes south of me.

 

[Gellar]

@johnp aren’t you from that area?

 

[BigHornRam]

Beautiful area get up that way as much as I can. Can't believe you left @BigHornRam.

No Bighorn sheep in Wisconsin.

 

[NoWiser]

Went to High School in Darlington, and can't honestly say I've ever been to Potosi.
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My best friend’s wife is from Darlington. Both her parents were teachers there. Great family.

 

[NoWiser]

I thought someone with some connection to the area may want them. I’d send em to anyone on me.

If my buddy wants one I’d gladly pay you shipping and a goodie or two of my own for an opener or two.

 

[Stocker]

If my buddy wants one I’d gladly pay you shipping and a goodie or two of my own for an opener or two.

Nope. Either I ship them or throw them away. No negotiations. I’ll ship them to you and you can save them for him. I’m currently on a purge of things I have (hoarded).

 

[NoWiser]

Nope. Either I ship them or throw them away. No negotiations. I’ll ship them to you and you can save them for him. I’m currently on a purge of things I have (hoarded).

I’ll take them. His wife said he’d be thrilled. I’ll send a PM.

 

[seeth07]

Very cool find. Drank lots of beer from that brewery. You're right about no sheep there. Not quite high enough but certainly steep enough. If there ever should be elk somewhere in Wisconsin, that's the spot. Wtf does our politics have to put them in deep timber clam lake region? Dumb...

 

[Nick87]

No Bighorn sheep in Wisconsin.

True, but not to many California transplants either...

 

[Gellar]

True, but not to many California transplants either...

Just FIB’s

 

[Nick87]

Just FIB’s

People from Iowa are moving there?

 

[BigHornRam]

Do they still play this one @seeth07 ? It was popular back when I was going to UW in the 80's. Sums up Wisconsin culture very well in about 4 minutes. Very Funny!

 

[seeth07]

People from Iowa are moving there?

You very well know what the "I" stands for you FIB!

Its the only thing separating us from being best buds!

 

[Lefty315]

My dad was born just up the road there in a little farmhouse. My grandfather lost a farm there when the state decided to move the road and wouldn’t pay him anything for his house so he had to just walk away from it. Both of my grandparents on my dad side are buried just up the hill in the cemetery as is my aunt who died when she was a young child. I was back there visiting this summer and my dad and I always go for a drive down along the Mississippi River and he’ll take me on all the back roads that grandpa used to pick up milk from the farmers when he drove the milk truck. This was during the time when you had to pick up an 80 pound milk can and set it in the back of the truck. I don’t get back to visit as often as I should but when I do it’s kind of a pretty cool area. Couple years ago I went back and met up with a bunch of classmates and we went to the Potosi brewery for a few beers one night. Pretty neat to see what they’ve done with the place.