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The city of Janesville is located int
he southeast corner of this township, and occupies, including
outlots, about two miles square; the balance of the township
is very excellent farming land: both prairie and openings exist.
The town is well watered and wooded; the Rock River passes through
the eastern portion of the town, and is skirted all along with
heavy timber. The face of the soil is more broken than that of
some towns, owing to the river bluffs extending back somem distance.
It is said that the first bridge built
across Rock River in the county was in this town, by A. W. Pope
and others, in the northern part, on the old territorial road,
which was formerly one of the busiest thoroughfares in the State
so far west of the Lakes. The names and location of the early
settlers are identically the same as spoken of elsewhere in connection
with the settlement of the county; that being the case, it is
useless to rehearse it here. |