Chester Clark came to Janesville and built on the west side of the river.

The evidence

• “In 1847, Chester Clark, who came in that year, built on the west side of the river, for Mr. Battin and Mr.”

  1908-brown-rock-county/29-beloit-manufacturing.md, Vol. 2, PDF p. 116 / book p. 626

  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.

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