December 1906

The Avon ditch commissioners favorably reported on the ditch, undertaken several years earlier to reclaim 3,200 acres of wet land.

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RegionOctober 1906Month

The Whitford Hall of Science (Whitford Memorial Hall) was finished and delivered to the board of trustees by the contractors.

BeloitDecember 1906Month

Mr. Cook retired from the jewelry business he had conducted on West Milwaukee street.

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Nation & worldDecember 1906

The Avon ditch commissioners favorably reported on the ditch, undertaken several years earlier to reclaim 3,200 acres of wet land.

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The Avon ditch should be noted as a successful effort to reclaim 3,200 acres of wet land. Undertaken several years ago, and favorably reported on in December, 1906, by the commissioners, Knute Stordock, John Hyland and Leroy Stokes, the ditch is now, October 15, 1908, completed. It is six miles long, starting in section 30, six rods north of the state line, and traversing sections 31, 29, 32, 28, 33, 34 and 35 to the bank of Sugar river, in section 36.

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.Vol. 2, PDF p. 173 / book p. 680

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December 1906

The Avon ditch commissioners favorably reported on the ditch, undertaken several years earlier to reclaim 3,200 acres of wet land.

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Nation & worldDecember 1906

The Avon ditch commissioners favorably reported on the ditch, undertaken several years earlier to reclaim 3,200 acres of wet land.

A 1 independent source

1AQuotation found on a page of our own sources

The Avon ditch should be noted as a successful effort to reclaim 3,200 acres of wet land. Undertaken several years ago, and favorably reported on in December, 1906, by the commissioners, Knute Stordock, John Hyland and Leroy Stokes, the ditch is now, October 15, 1908, completed. It is six miles long, starting in section 30, six rods north of the state line, and traversing sections 31, 29, 32, 28, 33, 34 and 35 to the bank of Sugar river, in section 36.