Once Upon a House

1850

Monterey was surveyed by Ira Miltimore.

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The evidence

  • “City of Khoshkonong, in the summer of 1836, by Kenzio Hunter and Booby. Monterey, by Ira Miltimore, in 1850. By an act of the Legislature of Wisconsin, approved by Gov.”

    1856-history-of-rock-county/24-rock.md, PDF p. 164 / book p. 148

    Guernsey, Orrin, and Josiah F. Willard, editors. History of Rock County, and Transactions of the Rock County Agricultural Society and Mechanics' Institute. Janesville, Wis.: William M. Doty & Brother, 1856. Cornell University Library via the Internet Archive, archive.org/details/cu31924028871593.

    Grade A: Found on a page of one of our sources

    The passage on the printed page (PDF p. 164 / book p. 148)
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  • “City of Koshkonong, in the summer of the same year, by Kinzie, Hunter and Booby; Monterey, by Ira Miltimore, in 1850. By an act of the legislature of Wisconsin, approved March 9, 1853, the city of Janesville was incorporated and, by its charter, sections 1 and 2 of the town of Rock were brought”

    1908-brown-rock-county/31-smaller-cities-villages-towns.md, Vol. 2, PDF p. 202 / book p. 706

    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 1856-history-of-rock-county, so not counted as independent

    The passage on the printed page (Vol. 2, PDF p. 202 / book p. 706)
    On the printed page (Vol. 2, PDF p. 202 / book p. 706) · open the whole page

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