A settler made a tour of observation to the West, accompanied by Henry D. Crandall and James Pierce.

The evidence

• “In the summer of 1838, with the view of making a home somewhere in the prairie country, of which he had heard glowing accounts, he made a tour of observation to the West, accompanied by Henry D. Crandall and James Pierce.”

  1879-history-of-rock-county/25-bios-milton.md, PDF p. 813 / book p. 817

  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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