The Rock River Valley Union Railroad property was sold at auction.

The evidence

• “A Janesville gentleman, conversant with the railway history of Rock County, gives the following facts concerning the North- Western road since it passed to the present management : " The Rock River Valley Union Railroad property was sold at auction on the 24th day of March, 1855. A.”

  1879-history-of-rock-county/10-rock-county-ch04-early-maps-courts-railroads.md, PDF p. 382 / book p. 386

  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