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Summer 1870

The Rock County court house building was completed. The passages disagree on the cost: $100,000 versus about $75,000; other passages state the court house was built/finished in 1870 without cost.

Meanwhile, closer to home

BeloitJuly 1870Month

A. Palmer died and was buried at Rock River Cemetery.

BeloitJuly 1870Month

A boot and shoe manufacturing firm (with Cyrus Libby and others; Libby, Foster & Co.) began business.

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Rock CountySummer 1870

The Rock County court house building was completed. The passages disagree on the cost: $100,000 versus about $75,000; other passages state the court house was built/finished in 1870 without cost.

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1AQuotation found on a page of our own sources

The erection of the building was commenced in the fall of 1869, and completed in the summer of 1870, James & Rotheram, of Janesville, being the contractors and builders, and J. Townsend Mix, of Milwaukee, the architect and general superintendent.

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.PDF p. 367 / book p. 371

2AQuotation found on a page of our own sources

In 1870 the present court house was built at an expense of $100,000, and the contractor who superintended its construction was E. Ratheram, a present member of the board and has been for about twenty-five years, one of the most highly esteemed men on the board and is now a member of the building committee.

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. 1, PDF p. 258 / book p. 236

1870 / Summer

Rock CountyA

Summer 1870

The Rock County court house building was completed. The passages disagree on the cost: $100,000 versus about $75,000; other passages state the court house was built/finished in 1870 without cost.

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Rock CountySummer 1870

The Rock County court house building was completed. The passages disagree on the cost: $100,000 versus about $75,000; other passages state the court house was built/finished in 1870 without cost.

A 2 independent sources

1AQuotation found on a page of our own sources

The erection of the building was commenced in the fall of 1869, and completed in the summer of 1870, James & Rotheram, of Janesville, being the contractors and builders, and J. Townsend Mix, of Milwaukee, the architect and general superintendent.

2AQuotation found on a page of our own sources

In 1870 the present court house was built at an expense of $100,000, and the contractor who superintended its construction was E. Ratheram, a present member of the board and has been for about twenty-five years, one of the most highly esteemed men on the board and is now a member of the building committee.