Carol McLernonCarol March McLernon grew up in the southwestern lead-mining region and attended school near a ghost town. August Derleth, author of Land of Gray Gold, visited Shullsburg High School while McLernon was a student there. McLernon received her teaching egree at Platteville State Teachers' College and completed her graduate work at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. She travels the Midwest talking with schoolchildren about Wisconsin's history. Read More Read Less