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July 19, 1835

John Inman and William Holmes visited the future Beloit site at the mouth of Turtle creek for part of a day; the 1908 history names the pair as William Holmes, Jr., and John Inman.

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The propertyJuly 19, 1835

John Inman and William Holmes visited the future Beloit site at the mouth of Turtle creek for part of a day; the 1908 history names the pair as William Holmes, Jr., and John Inman.

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The first white man to settle within the present site of Beloit was a French Canadian trader and Indian interpreter named Thibault (Tebo), who in 1836 claimed to have been living in this general region some twelve years. There was no human habitation in this locality when John Inman and William Holmes visited it for part of a day July 19, 1835, so Thibault 's log cabin, which stood at the south end and west side of what is now State street, must have been built after that date. In May, 1836, Caleb Blodgett found him here living with two squaw wives, one about forty, with a grown-up son, and the other, a half-breed, considerably younger and the mother of a babe.

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. 143 / book p. 128

1835 / July 19

The propertyA

July 19, 1835

John Inman and William Holmes visited the future Beloit site at the mouth of Turtle creek for part of a day; the 1908 history names the pair as William Holmes, Jr., and John Inman.

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The propertyJuly 19, 1835

John Inman and William Holmes visited the future Beloit site at the mouth of Turtle creek for part of a day; the 1908 history names the pair as William Holmes, Jr., and John Inman.

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1AQuotation found on a page of our own sources

The first white man to settle within the present site of Beloit was a French Canadian trader and Indian interpreter named Thibault (Tebo), who in 1836 claimed to have been living in this general region some twelve years. There was no human habitation in this locality when John Inman and William Holmes visited it for part of a day July 19, 1835, so Thibault 's log cabin, which stood at the south end and west side of what is now State street, must have been built after that date. In May, 1836, Caleb Blodgett found him here living with two squaw wives, one about forty, with a grown-up son, and the other, a half-breed, considerably younger and the mother of a babe.