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July 18, 1835

Inman and Holmes, having lost their ponies, walked down the river and reached the location of Janesville that afternoon.

Meanwhile, closer to home

PropertyJuly 1835Month

Joseph Thibault came to the Beloit site and built its first building, a log cabin.

PropertyJuly 19, 1835

Inman and Holmes visited the mouth of Turtle creek (the Beloit site); there was no human habitation there.

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Rock CountyJuly 18, 1835

Inman and Holmes, having lost their ponies, walked down the river and reached the location of Janesville that afternoon.

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During the night their ponies escaped and wandered on down the river. The next morning, July 18, 1835, they took their stuff on their backs and tramped on down the river, reaching the location of Janesville that afternoon. They must have forded the river somewhere, for they encamped that night on the bluff at the southern edge of the river on the east side of the river, from where they could see the remains of Black Hawk's camp.

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. 2, PDF p. 11 / book p. 526

1835 / July 18

Rock CountyA

July 18, 1835

Inman and Holmes, having lost their ponies, walked down the river and reached the location of Janesville that afternoon.

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The evidence

Rock CountyJuly 18, 1835

Inman and Holmes, having lost their ponies, walked down the river and reached the location of Janesville that afternoon.

A 1 independent source

1AQuotation found on a page of our own sources

During the night their ponies escaped and wandered on down the river. The next morning, July 18, 1835, they took their stuff on their backs and tramped on down the river, reaching the location of Janesville that afternoon. They must have forded the river somewhere, for they encamped that night on the bluff at the southern edge of the river on the east side of the river, from where they could see the remains of Black Hawk's camp.