Ed. Hall and Robert Johnson attempted to grow tobacco in 1853, but failed to save the crop.

The evidence

• “Ed. Hall and Robert Johnson, in 1853, but, unaccustomed as they were to the growth of the plant, they failed to save the crop, and the mystery of growing and saving tobacco successfully was left unsolved until a few years later, when it was again essayed, this time with success, by Mr. Ralph Pomeroy, who was an old Ohio grower.”

  1879-history-of-rock-county/16-rock-county-ch10-villages.md, PDF p. 673 / book p. 677

  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

  

• “E. Hall and Robert Johnson, in 1853 ; but, unaccustomed as they were to the growth of the plant, they failed to save the crop and the mystery of growing and saving tobacco successfully was left unsolved until a few years later, when it was again essayed, this time with success, by Mr. Ralph Pomeroy, who was an old Ohio grower.”

  1908-brown-rock-county/31-smaller-cities-villages-towns.md, Vol. 2, PDF p. 141 / book p. 649

  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