What a wonderful look at life in 1800’s.  This Historical CD contains stories of the local townships of Rock County and its people.

This is a scanned copy on CD of the original 2-Volume set published in 1908.

History

of

Rock County,

Wisconsin

A New History of its Cities, Villages, Towns, Citizens

and Varied Interests, from the Earliest

Times, Up To Date

HISTORIAN AND EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

WILLIAM FISKE BROWN, M. A., D. D.

VOLUME 1 and VOLUME 2

ILLUSTRATED

Published By
C.F. Cooper & Co.

Chicago

1908

1100 pages on 1 CD

An essential resource for Genealogists

Actual images of every page, in Adobe Acrobat Reader .PDF format. Works with any computer, and is easy to use and read. Some scans are imperfect.

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CONTENTS

CHAPTER I. Geology
CHAPTER II. The Picture Mound Builders and Later Indian Occupants
CHAPTER III. The Black Hawk War
CHAPTER IV. The Forgotten Places
CHAPTER V. The Historic Evolution of Rock County
CHAPTER VL History of Beloit
CHAPTER VII. Reminiscences
CHAPTER VIII. Reminiscences
CHAPTER IX. County Government
CHAPTER X. Rock County Schools
CHAPTER XL Beloit Schools and School Teachers
CHAPTER XII. Janesville Public Schools
CHAPTER XIII. Beloit Churches
CHAPTER XIV. The Jaxesville Churches
CHAPTER XV. Beloit College
CHAPTER XVI. Military History of Rock County
CHAPTER XVII. Agriculture
CHAPTER XVIII. Scandinavians in Bock County
CHAPTER XIX. Pioneer Women of Rock County
CHAPTER XX. The Medical Fraternity
CHAPTER XXL Pharmacy, Old and New, of Rock County
CHAPTER XXII. Banking in Janesville
CHAPTER XXIII. History of Beloit Banks
CHAPTER XXIV. List of 56 Publications
CHAPTER XXV. Political History of Rock County
CHAPTER XXVI. History of Janesville
CHAPTER XXVII. Early Janesville Manufacturers
CHAPTER XXVIII. The Manufacturing Interests of Janesville
CHAPTER XXIX. The Last Quarter of Beloit's Manufacturing Interests
CHAPTER XXX. The Press of Beloit
CHAPTER XXXI, Smaller Cities, Villages and Towns
CHAPTER XXXII. Courts and Legal Profession
CHAPTER XXXIII. Some Inventions and Inventors of Rock County
CHAPTER XXXIV. Biographical Sketches

Biographical Index

Alden, Alexander, Amerpohl, Anderson, Andrew, Ashcraft, Austin, Babbitt, Baker, Barlass, Barnes, Bell, Benedict, Bennett, Benson, Bentley, Bergh, Binnewies, Blodgett, Bond, Boss, Bostwick, Brace, Brown, Bryce, Buckmaster, Burdick, Burpee, Burtness, Carle, Carpenter, Carr, Case, Cassody, Chamberlain, Chamberlin, Chapin, Cheever, Child, Clarke, Clark, Clausen, Clelaud, Cleophas, Clinchy, Conger, Cook, Coon, Cooper, Copley, Crandall, Crosby, Crumb, Cuckow, Culton, Cunningham, Daland, Dean, Doolittle, Doty, Dow, Dowd, Dunwiddie, Dutton, Duxstad, Eager, Eldredge, Farnsworth, Fathers, Fethers, Fitield, Fillingham, Finch, Fisher, Flagler, Fossum, Foster, Fox, Gaarder, Gardiner, Gary, Gaston, Gault, Gettle, Gibbons, Gleason, Goodell, Goodrich, Goodhue, Gould, Green, Grimm, Grinnell, Grunhuvd, Hackett, Hadden, Hall, Hansen, Haney, Harvey, Hayes, Henry, Helmer, Heimstreet, Hendricks, Hesgard, Hoen, Holden, Holmes, Hopkins, Houston, Howe, Hyland, Hudson, Hurd, Hutchinson, Huyke, Hyzer, Ingersoll, Inman, Irwin, Jackman, Jeffris, Jenson, Johnson, Jones, Kai, Keenan, Keep, Keesey, Keithley, Kemp, Kennedy, Kent, Kerch, Killam, Kimball, King, Lamb, Langworthy, Lannon, Lappin, Lathers, Leonard, Letts, Lewis, Love, Lovejoy, Lynch, Lyon, Matheson, Maxson, McCavock, McElroy, McGlauchlin, McGowan, McGowen, McLay, McLenegan, McNamara, Merrill, Miller, Mitchell, Moehlenpah, Moore, More, Morton, Moseley, Mouat, Mullooly, Murray, Myers, Natesta, Newhouse, Noggle, Nolan, Nye, Olmstead, Palmer, Parker, Patterson, Payne, Pease, Peck, Pentland, Perrigo, Platts, Pixley, Pollock, Pramer, Prichard, Putnam, Rasey, Rau, Risum, Reigart, Restigen, Rexford, Richardson, Rood, Rosa, Rostad, Ruger, Ryan, Sale, Salmon, Sammon, Sanborn, St. John, Seheibel, Schmit, Scofield, Sherman, Shirley, Skavlem, Smith, Snyder, Soverhill, Spoon, Spooner, Starr, Stordock, Stordoek, Strong, Sutherland, Swingle, Synstegard, Tallman, Thompson, Todd, Tompkins, Townsend, Valentine, Veek, Vermeulen, Walrath, Watson, Waterman, Wehler, Weirick, Wells, West, Wheeler, Whitford, Whitehead, Whiton, Whittet, Wilcox, Willard, Williams, Winans, Wixom, Woodle, Yost,