01/07/2026
Evergreen Cemetery, (also known as Lower Town Cemetery, Prairie du Chien Protestant Cemetery, Prairie du Chien Cemetery), Prairie du Chien, Crawford County
When Thomas Toberman was a young man he found this odd stone on a farm in the Prairie du Chien area and was so fascinated by it he stored it in the granary. Some years later he showed it to a geologist. who told him the stone was a meteorite and offered him a substantial sum of money for it. Toberman turned down the offer because, he said, it was to be his headstone when he died.
The stone is more than likely cold water agate, NOT a meteorite, but it makes for a good story.