Another effort was made to construct a railroad line from Lake Michigan to the Mississippi River.

The evidence

• “In 1844, another effort was made to construct a line, this time from Lake Michigan to the Mississippi River. It was the design of the projectors that the towns along the lake shore, as well as those on the eastern bank of the Mississippi, should compete for terminal privileges.”

  1879-history-of-rock-county/10-rock-county-ch04-early-maps-courts-railroads.md, PDF p. 377 / book p. 381

  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