Tybo

Tybo lies eight miles northwest of its marker, once among the leading lead-producing camps in the country, working erratically from the first ore in 1866 until the last mill closed in 1937. It began as a peaceful place and did not stay one: feuds broke out among the Irish, Cornish, and Central European miners, and the three factions briefly united only to drive out a crew of Chinese woodcutters. The town kept three residential quarters, one for each group — though, the marker notes, all the children went to the same brick school.

What the plaque says

Silver-Lead-Zinc Camp. Eight miles northwest of this point lies what was formerly one of the leading lead-producing districts in the nation. Producing erratically from ore discovery in 1866 to the present (the last mill closed in 1937), Tybo has managed to achieve an overall creditable record. Tybo, in its infancy, was known as a peaceful camp, but later refuted that claim when there occurred racial strife between the Irish, Cornish and Central Europeans; Later these groups banded together to drive from the town a company of Chinese woodcutters. The town was not unique in having three residential sections each with its ethnic group. However, all children went to the same brick school.

Where it stands