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