In consequence of the advent of a number of settlers, Mr. Cotter had a portion of his ground at Magnolia platted for building purposes; the scheme failed.

The evidence

• “MAGNOLIA, a little village two miles'from the railroad, was located in the fall of 1843, by Joshua Dunbar, Andrew Cotter, Joseph Prentice and a man named Jenkins, each of whom settled on dififerent sections, as follows : Dunbar on the northwest corner of Section 23, Cotter on the northeast corner 6{ Section 22, Prentice on the southwest corner of Section 14, and Jenkins, by an agent, on the southeast corner of Section 15. In 1845, in consequence of the advent of a number of settlers, Mr. Cotter had a portion of his ground platted for building purposes; but settlers evidently preferred to choose their own sites, and so his scheme was a failure.”

  1879-history-of-rock-county/16-rock-county-ch10-villages.md, PDF p. 670

  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.

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