October 15, 1908

The Avon ditch, six miles long, reclaiming 3,200 acres of wet land and running to the bank of Sugar river in section 36, was completed.

Meanwhile, closer to home

PropertyOctober 15, 1908

The summer cottage of Edward Fairchild at Yost's Park, near Beloit, was destroyed by fire, as reported in publications of this date.

PropertyOctober 20, 1908

The Janesville Daily Gazette indicated that the barnstorming Chicago White Sox would play a Star team at Yost's Park.

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Rock CountyOctober 15, 1908

The Avon ditch, six miles long, reclaiming 3,200 acres of wet land and running to the bank of Sugar river in section 36, was completed.

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The Avon ditch should be noted as a successful effort to reclaim 3,200 acres of wet land. Undertaken several years ago, and favorably reported on in December, 1906, by the commissioners, Knute Stordock, John Hyland and Leroy Stokes, the ditch is now, October 15, 1908, completed. It is six miles long, starting in section 30, six rods north of the state line, and traversing sections 31, 29, 32, 28, 33, 34 and 35 to the bank of Sugar river, in section 36.

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. 173 / book p. 680

1908 / October 15

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October 15, 1908

The Avon ditch, six miles long, reclaiming 3,200 acres of wet land and running to the bank of Sugar river in section 36, was completed.

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The evidence

Rock CountyOctober 15, 1908

The Avon ditch, six miles long, reclaiming 3,200 acres of wet land and running to the bank of Sugar river in section 36, was completed.

A 1 independent source

1AQuotation found on a page of our own sources

The Avon ditch should be noted as a successful effort to reclaim 3,200 acres of wet land. Undertaken several years ago, and favorably reported on in December, 1906, by the commissioners, Knute Stordock, John Hyland and Leroy Stokes, the ditch is now, October 15, 1908, completed. It is six miles long, starting in section 30, six rods north of the state line, and traversing sections 31, 29, 32, 28, 33, 34 and 35 to the bank of Sugar river, in section 36.