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1900

The Rockford, Beloit & Janesville Company was incorporated with a capital of $1,000,000 to build an interurban line from Janesville to Rockford.

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County1900During 1900

Rock County recorded its 1900 crop and dairy production (1,929 acres of wheat, 122,694 acres of corn, 15,711 acres of barley, 5,741 acres of rye, 2,611 acres of tobacco, 3,369,911 pounds of butter, 287,300 pounds of cheese, among other figures).

County1900During 1900

A man purchased the elevator at Milton and began a flour, feed and grain business.

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The region1900

The Rockford, Beloit & Janesville Company was incorporated with a capital of $1,000,000 to build an interurban line from Janesville to Rockford.

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About the same time of the building of this steam road the building of an interurban line from Janesville to Rockford was begun by the Rockford, Beloit & Janesville Company, incorporated in 1900 with a capital of $1,000,000. This road was completed so as to be running in 1902, and the travel over it has more than justified the expectations of its builders.

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. 79 / book p. 590

1900

The regionA

1900

The Rockford, Beloit & Janesville Company was incorporated with a capital of $1,000,000 to build an interurban line from Janesville to Rockford.

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The region1900

The Rockford, Beloit & Janesville Company was incorporated with a capital of $1,000,000 to build an interurban line from Janesville to Rockford.

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1AQuotation found on a page of our own sources

About the same time of the building of this steam road the building of an interurban line from Janesville to Rockford was begun by the Rockford, Beloit & Janesville Company, incorporated in 1900 with a capital of $1,000,000. This road was completed so as to be running in 1902, and the travel over it has more than justified the expectations of its builders.