Mineral Point is the largest town East of Livingston and a big town for tourists to visit and stay in for surrounding tourist attractions. They used it basically in the article since most people in Wisconsin, nor in Illinois, nor Iowa have any idea where Livingston is since it only has 697 people or so and certainly no one in the rest of the US or outside the US have ever heard of Livingston, Wisconsin. I have friends that I visited in Iowa county, the county where Mineral Pt. is, for 15 years and never heard of it, but have been through Mineral Point.

I could tell you were Alice Springs is at in Australia and Mt. Fuji is in Japan and where the Seychelles and The Maldives are, but no idea where Livingston is if I hadn't heard of it since April 14th.

Livingston and the surrounding area is a spot on the road if you ask the guys that are out there. They go up to Dodgeville to get gas even. The article used it as a reference point since that entire Southwest corner of Wisconsin is mostly farmland, grazing and some woods. The specimen the man is holding looks exactly like all the other specimens that have been found this past week, about 2 dozen, roughly. Madison WI is the largest town in the area where the University of Wisconsin is, the largest university in the area. Racine, Wisconsin is a smaller city along Lake Michigan just south of Milwaukee. It could be worth a couple of thousand USDs depending on how much is found and the demand for this meteorite.
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