The Janesville Gazette August 14, 1985; p. 7K Janesville, Rock County, Wisconsin

Potpourri - Janesville Sesquicentennial   Janesville eyed as territorial capital In 1840, Janesville, then a 5-year-old village, was one of several spots considered as a site for the territorial capital. The territorial legislature discussed [the] location of a capital and there was some demand for its location well to the east of the Mississippi on the assumption by delegates from west of the river that such a location would hasten their plans for a separate territory.

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