The first store in that village was opened by Edwin Harrington about 1855.

The evidence

• “The first store was opened by Mr. Edwin Harrington about 1855, and the next year Messrs. Daniel Mow and David Harris built a store which was operated by a Mr.”

  1879-history-of-rock-county/16-rock-county-ch10-villages.md, PDF p. 661 / book p. 665

  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

  

• “The first store was opened by Mr, Edwin Harrington, about 1855. Since then the town has grown, and in the place of one”

  1908-brown-rock-county/31-smaller-cities-villages-towns.md, Vol. 2, PDF p. 170 / book p. 677

  Brown, William Fiske, editor. Rock County, Wisconsin: A New History of Its Cities, Villages, Towns, Citizens and Varied Interests, from the Earliest Times, Up to Date. Chicago: C. F. Cooper & Co., 1908. 2 vols. archive.org/details/rockcountywiscon01brow, archive.org/details/rockcountywiscon02brow.

  Grade A: Found on a page of one of our sources · may repeat 1879-history-of-rock-county, so not counted as independent