The chronology

The land through time

Every documented event, from the property outward: Beloit, Rock County, the region and the world. Each one links to the page of the source that records it. The record so far covers 1820–1864; more years are being added.

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1857

Beloit

Fall 1857 A man came to Beloit Township and bought seventy-two and one-half acres of land in Section 3.
1857 J. Pierron located in Beloit; he brought his family in the fall of the same year.
1857 Horace H. Brown came to Wisconsin, locating at Beloit.

Rock County

The region

Nation and world

Eras	The Yost farm
Ring	1857
The property
Beloit	Fall 1857 A man came to Beloit Township and bought seventy-two and one-half acres of land in Section 3. 1857 J. Pierron located in Beloit; he brought his family in the fall of the same year. 1857 Horace H. Brown came to Wisconsin, locating at Beloit.
Rock County	May 1857 A man came to Rock County and located in Newark Township, buying forty-five and one-half acres in Section 14. 1857 A man settled on the farm he now owns of 325 acres in Rock County. 1857 Noah Button settled in Rock County, following his trade as tanner and currier.
The region	December 1857 The secretary of war's agent sold the remainder of the reservation to claimants of lands on the west side, and the section in Wisconsin k… 1857 The Winnebagoes suffered considerably from chronic diseases, scrofula and consumption. 1857 The Milwaukee & Mississippi railroad was built to a village (later identified as Hanover/Shopiere area).
Nation and world	March 3, 1857 An act of Congress was approved creating the Chippewa land district from portions of the La Crosse and Hudson land districts in Wisconsin. April 1857 The secretary of war authorized Hon. H. M. Rice of Minnesota to sell the unimproved part of the reservation in tracts not exceeding forty…