Water was let into the mill race of the Blodgett–Goodhue saw mill.

The evidence

• “Goodhue,, a native of Massachusetts, though he had long resided in Sherbrooke, Canada, immediately prior to his coming to Beloit, one-fourth of his interest for $2,000, and Goodhue, in turn had sold one-half of his interest to Charles Johnson, a Vermont capitalist, and Joiin Doolittle. Prior to this sale to Goodhue, Blodgott had begun to build a saw-mill, and after the sale the enterprise was carried on by the two jointly, the race being dug and water let into it in the spring of 1837. This was the nucleus of the new settlement, and evidences of material progress were visible on every hand.”

  1879-history-of-rock-county/15-rock-county-ch09-beloit.md, PDF p. 606 / book p. 610

  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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