A man helped haul stone for the foundation of Middle College.

The evidence

• “Even before that time George was the man to call on for any such service. He helped haul the stone for the foundation of old Middle College, in 1847, and was one of the workers for John E. Houston's father, John P.”

  1908-brown-rock-county/34e-biographical-5.md, Vol. 2, PDF p. 600 / book p. 1084

  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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