The Galena & Chicago Union railroad reached Footville, and emigrants began to flow in

The evidence

• “Foot. With the exception of two other persons who moved in and built at a somewhat later date, this constituted the village of Footville until 1854, when the Galena & Chicago Union, as the C. & N.-W. Railway was then called, became an established fact, then, as might have been expected, emigrants from the Eastern States and other places began to flow in.”

  1879-history-of-rock-county/16-rock-county-ch10-villages.md, PDF p. 666 / book p. 670

  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

  

• “F. Richards, and with two other persons, they continued the inhabitants of this village until 1854, when the Galena & Chicago Union, as the Chicago & Northwestern was then called, became an established fact. Emigrants from the eastern states and from other places began to arrive, and buildings were at once started and completed.”

  1908-brown-rock-county/31-smaller-cities-villages-towns.md, Vol. 2, PDF p. 162 / book p. 669

  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