John A. Fletcher concluded that his February land purchase in Johnstown would make a good townsite.

The evidence

• “John A. Fletcher purchased of the United States government on February 21, 1839, the east half of the southeast quarter of section 23 in what is now the town of Johnstown. Shortly after his purchase of this land he concluded that it would make a good townsite.”

  1908-brown-rock-county/04-forgotten-places.md, Vol. 1, PDF p. 62 / book p. 52

  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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