The Central Bank of Wisconsin began business.

The evidence

• “In October, 1855, two banks were started in the city of Janesville, which have endured to the present time. There seems to be some question as to which one began business first. The Central Bank of Wisconsin, now the First National Bank, began business on October 19, 1855, and has continued in practically the same location ever since. Its first president was 0.”

  1908-brown-rock-county/26-history-of-janesville.md, Vol. 2, PDF p. 37 / book p. 551

  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.

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