June 1836
The City of Koshkonong was laid out by Kenzie/Kenzio Hunter and Booby.
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“Wisconsin City, by John Inman, Breese and Shepherd, in 1886. City of Khoshkonong, in the summer of 1836, by Kenzio Hunter and Booby. Monterey, by Ira Miltimore, in 1850.”
1856-history-of-rock-county/24-rock.md, PDF p. 164 / book p. 148
Guernsey, Orrin, and Josiah F. Willard, editors. *History of Rock County, and Transactions of the Rock County Agricultural Society and Mechanics' Institute*. Janesville, Wis.: William M. Doty & Brother, 1856. Cornell University Library via the Internet Archive, archive.org/details/cu31924028871593.
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“Its corner and water lots have made no small figure in Wall street ; its lithographed city plats have been honored with a conspicuous place in all the great land-agency ofiices of the country. At one time, this town could boast of four cities and villages — ' Wisconsin City,' ' Koshkonong City,' ' Rockport,' ' Monterey ' and ' Afton.' Rockport was laid out by Thomas Holmes in December, 1835, and was the first surveyed village (or city) in the county. ' Wisconsin City ' was surveyed by Inman, Breese and Shepherd, in 1836 ; ' City of Koshkonong,' in the summer of the same year, by Kenzie, Hunter”
1879-history-of-rock-county/13-rock-county-ch07-town-histories.md, PDF p. 522 / book p. 526
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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“Rockport was laid out by Thomas Holmes in December, 1835. and was the first surveyed village (or city) in the county. Wisconsin city was surveyed by Inman, Breese and Sheperd in 1836 ; City of Koshkonong, in the summer of the same year, by Kinzie, Hunter and Booby;”
1908-brown-rock-county/31-smaller-cities-villages-towns.md, Vol. 2, PDF p. 202 / book p. 706
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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