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Beloit is situated on a beautiful plain on the east side of Rock river near the south line of the Territory and immediately above the mouth of Turtle creek, a considerable stream affording a valuable water power within the limits of the town. On one side of the town the ground rises abruptly some fifty or sixty feet affording very beautiful sites for residences, commanding a view of the town, the river, &c. By an enumeration taken late in 1843 it appears that Beloit contains 745 inhabitants and 136 houses; and the amount of capital invested in different kinds of business is estimated at $133,200. There are two large flouring mills in operation here, one of them built of grey limestone; [which] and this is also the material used in the construction of the Congregational Church, which is represented as one of the most beautiful churches in Wisconsin. A Seminary was incorporated here in 1837 and a manufacturing Company in 1839. The society at this place is represented as excellent, for intelligence, morality, and religion.

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