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1824

A settler had his two-story house, built with lumber from the first sawmill on the Vandermark creek, enclosed.

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Property1824During 1824

Thiebault, a Frenchman, established himself at the Turtle village (probably about this year).

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A settler had his two-story house, built with lumber from the first sawmill on the Vandermark creek, enclosed.

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In 1823 his father came out and united with him in erecting the first sawmill on the Vandermark creek, which they got to running the last day of that year. In this he sawed logs on shares and obtained lumber to put up a good sized two-story house, which he had enclosed in 1824. In it he had a large fireplace with andirons and a crane to swing over and off of the fire with hooks to hang pots and kettles on.

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.Vol. 2, PDF p. 446 / book p. 936

1824

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1824

A settler had his two-story house, built with lumber from the first sawmill on the Vandermark creek, enclosed.

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A settler had his two-story house, built with lumber from the first sawmill on the Vandermark creek, enclosed.

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In 1823 his father came out and united with him in erecting the first sawmill on the Vandermark creek, which they got to running the last day of that year. In this he sawed logs on shares and obtained lumber to put up a good sized two-story house, which he had enclosed in 1824. In it he had a large fireplace with andirons and a crane to swing over and off of the fire with hooks to hang pots and kettles on.