The Rock County Board of Supervisors purchased the county poor farm

The evidence

• “ROCK COUNTY POOR FARM. On the :22d day of March, 1854, the Board of Supervisors of Rock County purchased of Wright Newhall and E. G.”

  1879-history-of-rock-county/11-rock-county-ch05-press-institutions-tragedy.md, PDF p. 407 / book p. 411

  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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