The Racine & Mississippi (later Western Union) was graded, with 20,000 ties delivered from Porter to Rockton.

The evidence

• “I put on the road 20,000 ties (from Beloit to Afton); Racine & Mississippi (now Western Union) was graded in 1856 : I delivered 20,000 ties from Porter to Roekton. When the city was organized.”

  1879-history-of-rock-county/15-rock-county-ch09-beloit.md, PDF p. 612 / book p. 616

  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

  

• “I put on that road 20,000 ties between Beloit and Afton. The Eacine & Mississippi railroad, now the Western Union, was graded in 1856 and I delivered 20,000 ties for that road from Porter to Eoekton. When Beloit was organized as a”

  1908-brown-rock-county/06-history-of-beloit.md, Vol. 1, PDF p. 166 / book p. 150

  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