1841
Messrs. Field & Lusk kept the largest stock of goods for sale in the town.
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“On this site once stood the store of Messrs. Field & Lusk, who as early as 1841 kept the largest stock of goods for sale in the town. Mr.”
1908-brown-rock-county/06-history-of-beloit.md, Vol. 1, PDF p. 183 / book p. 166
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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