Turtle Creek rose during one of the nights of June 1851, ten or twelve feet above its usual level, carrying off mill dams, bridges, fences, sheep, hogs and other property.

The evidence

• “Running within the limits of this town less than two miles, it passes through the town of Turtle nearly from corner to corner, and. falls into Rock river near the State line at Beloit. This stream rose during the night of June, 1851, 10 or 12 feet above its usual level, carrying off mill dams, bridges, fences, sheep, hogs and other property, to a great amount. The water was the highest about day light, reaching as high as Mr.”

  1856-history-of-rock-county/12-la-prairie.md, PDF p. 110 / book p. 92

  Guernsey, Orrin, and Josiah F. Willard, editors. History of Rock County, and Transactions of the Rock County Agricultural Society and Mechanics' Institute. Janesville, Wis.: William M. Doty & Brother, 1856. Cornell University Library via the Internet Archive, archive.org/details/cu31924028871593.

  Grade A: Found on a page of one of our sources

  

• “Running within the limits of La Prairie less than two miles, it passes through the town of Turtle, nearly from corner to corner, and falls into Rock River (a,s before mentioned) just below the State line at Beloit. This stream rose during one of the nights of June, 1851, ten or twelve feet above the usual level, carrying off mill-dams, bridges, fences, sheep, hogs and other property to a large amount. The water was highest about”

  1879-history-of-rock-county/13-rock-county-ch07-town-histories.md, PDF p. 509 / book p. 513

  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.

  Grade A: Found on a page of one of our sources · may repeat 1856-history-of-rock-county, so not counted as independent

  

• “The only surface water that can be boasted of is Turtle Creek, which rises in Walworth county, watering and fertilizing the town of Bradford from side to side, entering La Prairie on the east line of section 36 and passing out on the south line of 35 into the town of Turtle nearly from corner to comer, and falls into Rock river (as before mentioned) just below the state line of Beloit. This stream rose during one of the nights of June, 1851, ten or twelve feet above its usual level, carrying off mill-dams, bridges, fences, sheep, hogs and other property to a large amount. The water was highest about daylight, reaching as high as Clark W.”

  1908-brown-rock-county/31-smaller-cities-villages-towns.md, Vol. 2, PDF p. 184 / book p. 690

  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.

  Grade A: Found on a page of one of our sources · may repeat 1856-history-of-rock-county, 1879-history-of-rock-county, so not counted as independent

  

• “he only surface water we can boast of, is Turtle creek, which rises in Walworth county, watering and fertilizing the town of Bradford from side to side - enters the town on the east line of section 26 and passes out on the south line of 35, into the town of Turtle. Running within the limits of this town less than two miles, it passes through the town of Turtle nearly from corner to corner, and falls into Rock river near the State line at Beloit. This stream rose during the night of June, 1851, 10 or 12 feet above its usual level, carrying off mill dams, bridges, fences, sheep, hogs and other property, to aq great amount. The water was the highest about day light, reaching as high as Mr. Clark W. LAWRENCE 's house above the window stools. The only timber now standing in town, is on sections 5, 6, 35 and 36, amounting to less than a quarter section. The inhabitants are supplied with good water, in great abundance, by digging wells from 15 to 85 feet deep; and wood, by hauling it from the neighboring towns, a distance of from 3 to ten miles. The mail route fro”

  https://sites.google.com/view/cchs/histories

  sites.google.com, https://sites.google.com/view/cchs/histories

  Grade B: Found on an institutional web page