July 1837

Alfred Field arrived with oxen and flour, relieving the settlers' distress

Meanwhile, closer to home

PropertySpring 1837Season

Thibault sold his log cabin to Crane and Bicknell and removed with his family to Lake Koshkonong

PropertySpring 1837Season

Water was let into the Blodgett/Goodhue mill race

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BeloitJuly 1837

Alfred Field arrived with oxen and flour, relieving the settlers' distress

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The hardships of this early period can be little understood by those of the present day. We read in the early records that during the first year our pioneers were often in want of food, and that the arrival of Alfred Field in July, 1837, with a team of four oxen and a load of four barrels of flour relieved them from severe distress. Also that on another occasion when the stock of provisions had run low they heard of a whole barrel of pork for sale at Rockford and sent one of their number down there to buy it.

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.Vol. 1, PDF p. 152 / book p. 137

1837 / July

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July 1837

Alfred Field arrived with oxen and flour, relieving the settlers' distress

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BeloitJuly 1837

Alfred Field arrived with oxen and flour, relieving the settlers' distress

A 1 independent source

1AQuotation found on a page of our own sources

The hardships of this early period can be little understood by those of the present day. We read in the early records that during the first year our pioneers were often in want of food, and that the arrival of Alfred Field in July, 1837, with a team of four oxen and a load of four barrels of flour relieved them from severe distress. Also that on another occasion when the stock of provisions had run low they heard of a whole barrel of pork for sale at Rockford and sent one of their number down there to buy it.