Once Upon a House

1840

Widow Gunnel is listed in connection with the Rock Prairie settlement.

The regionGrade A · 1 independent source

The evidence

  • “Gravds and Hal- Ian, 7 miles northwest of Beloit, Oct., 1839. Widow Gunnel, 1840. Bock Prairie settlement, west of Beloit, distinct from Eock Prairie in Harmony.”

    1908-brown-rock-county/00-front-matter-vol-1.md, Vol. 1, PDF p. 13

    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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