The Exchange Hotel in Edgerton was built and kept by Mr. Nelson Coon.

The evidence

• “This unfailing sign of the advent of civilization made its appearance in the winter of 1853-54, being built and kept by Mr. Nelson Coon, under the sign of the Exchange Hotel.”

  1879-history-of-rock-county/16-rock-county-ch10-villages.md, PDF p. 671 / book p. 675

  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.

  Grade A: Found on a page of one of our sources