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298 Rock Co.

on a flat or level, about two hundred yards wide, between the river and the foot of the bluffs which are about a hundred feet high. The court house is erected on the bluff giving it a very prominent appearance. There are several stores, two taverns, various mechanics shops, &c. Janesville is the point at which much of the travel betweeen the eastern and western portions of the territory crosses Rock river; and a bridge is now erected for its accomodation. The distance from Janesville to Milwaukee is sixty five miles and it is the same to Racine; giving the citizens a choise of two ports on Lake Michigan, which can be reached by in the same distance. Janesville is 13 miles from Beloit, 41 from Madison, 31 from Monroe, and about 80 from Mineral Point. A company has been incorporated to construct a rail road from this place to the Lake shore.

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