The Council and House of Representatives of the Territory authorized a railroad line from Racine to Janesville.

The evidence

• “The citizens of Janesville were the first to take steps toward the construction of a railroad; and, as early as January, 1838, the Council and House of Representatives of the Territory of Wisconsin authorized the construction of a railroad line from Racine to Janesville. The incorporators of this scheme were Lorenzo Janes, Bushnell B.”

  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.

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