Mining Mural Phase 2

This 1868 lithograph was originally from Frank Leslie's Illustrated Jounal and is the inspiration for the 50' x 12' mural . The picture is captioned, "President elect Grant taking a lesson in minerology at the lead mines near Galena, Illinois." The mural goes on to tell that this event must have taken place near Platteville, Wisconsin since the Platteville Mound is clearly visible on the left horizon. Notice back then the Big M was just a small m, it was only until 1937 when the little"m" was upgraded to it's present "Big M" status.*

*A little known but true fact, if you believe it.

I ran across this illustration at the Old Market House in Galena, Illinois while they were featuring a display about Ulysess S Grant, "From womb to tomb". I was able to find an unframed copy at the Galena Public Library.