The first meeting of the Janesville Common Council was convened.

The evidence

• “The first meeting of the Common Council was convened on the evening of the 12th day of April, 1853, in the ofiice of the Rock River Valley Union Railroad Company (corner of Main and River streets, on the present site of the First National Bank), organized by the election of B. F.”

  1879-history-of-rock-county/14-rock-county-ch08-janesville.md, PDF p. 532

  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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