Black Hawk and his braves forded the Catfish River on the site of what is now the village of Indian Ford.

The evidence

• “INDIAN FORD. BO called because, in 1836, Black Hawk and his braves forded the Catfish River on the site of *hat is now the village — owes its existence to a Mr. Guy Stoughton and his brother Clouden Stoughton, who obtained a charter of the water-power from the Government ; erected a dam there and built a mill, in 1843.”

  1879-history-of-rock-county/16-rock-county-ch10-villages.md, PDF p. 690 / book p. 694

  Butterfield, C. W., et al. The History of Rock County, Wisconsin: its early settlement, growth, development, resources, etc. Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1879. Cornell University Library via the Internet Archive, archive.org/details/cu31924028871585.

  Grade A: Found on a page of one of our sources