Sinnipee, Wisconsin

Ghost town in Wisconsin, United States

42°34′31″N 90°39′25″W / 42.57528°N 90.65694°W / 42.57528; -90.65694CountryUnited StatesStateWisconsinCountyGrantTownJamestownElevation

892 ft (272 m)

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.