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.
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.
- 1857 Anson P. Waterman was elected the second mayor of 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.
- December 2, 1857 A man came to Rock County and commenced business, renting a shop from Mr. G.
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 known as the Cattle Yard, amounting to 177 acres.
- 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).
- 1857 The Galena & Southern Wisconsin Railroad Company was incorporated.
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 acres each.
- March 3, 1857 An act was approved appointing James Hall, Ezra Carr, and Edward Daniels as geological commissioners.
- 1857 A church edifice was erected at a cost of about $1,800, with the dedicatory sermon preached by Rev. Thomas Eddy of the Northwestern Christian Advocate.