Petition for a canal connecting the Milwaukee, Rock, and Bark Rivers

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Petition for a canal connecting the Milwaukee, Rock, and Bark Rivers

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State/Territory: Wisconsin Territory

Community: Fort Atkinson; Pecatonica

Date: 1836

Description: Petitioners request a canal connecting the navigable waters of the Milwaukee River to that of the Rock and Bark rivers. They note the need to move the "heavy commodities of the country" along such a route that accessed the Lead Mine District at Picatolica (now Pecatonica).

Publisher-Electronic: Wisconsin Historical Society

Digital Format: XML

Place: Bark River; Milwaukee River; Mississippi River; Rock River

Digital Identifier: Ser180.010103

Language: English

Original Title: Petition for a Canal

Publication Date-Electronic: 2020

Rights URI: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Source: Petitions, remonstrances, and resolutions, 1836-1997, 2009

Subject: canals; railroads

Title/Page: Petition for a canal connecting the Milwaukee, Rock, and Bark Rivers

Genre: citizen petition; legal document

Repository: Wisconsin Historical Society Online Collections

Source: From: Petition for a canal connecting the Milwaukee, Rock, and Bark Rivers

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