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early reminiscences of janesville by henry f janes i was bom oh the 12th of february 1804 in pendleton county virginia on straight creek one of the extreme head branches of the south branch of the potomac in 1819 my father moved to ohio and settled on the scioto shore at chil licothe where i remained till the 15th day of april 1825 when i left the parental roof on an old one-eyed horse with two shirts and four dollars in my pocket all told at about the end of a week i reached the vicinity of where la fayette indiana now stands at that time la fayette had no existence except in name there i married my wife on the 15th day of march 1827 i remained in that county till september 1832 when i moved with my wife and two children to laporte county indiana i remained there till april 1835 when i moved tct wisconsin with my family and settled in eacine county six miles due west from the city of eacine the february previous i went to wisconsin to select a location and found but one white family in eacine county being that of a mr beardsley there was not a house nor any sign of civilization between grove point twelve miles north of chicago and skunk grove now mount pjeasant in eacine county we were at home wherever night overtook us our fare was rather hard but the bills were not high at that time capt gilbert knapp had some men at work in eacine and i think he had a log cabin built or partly built at the time i first saw the place where the city now stands i selected a situation for a farm on a branch of a stream to elam bkardslet settled in caledonia racine county in january 1835 l c d
Object Description
| Language | English |
| Pagination | 504 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. |
| Page | Wisconsin Historical Collections, Volume VI (1872) |
| Publisher | State Historical Society of Wisconsin |
| Format-Digital | XML |
| Source Creation Date | 1872 |
| Identifier-Digital | whcvVI0000 |
| Description | Report and collections of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin, for the years 1869, 1870, 1871, and 1872, volume 6, includes the following articles: Life of Benjamin Franklin Hopkins, by David Atwood; Memoir of G. De Witt Elwood, by Samuel D. Hastings; Civil life of William A. Barstow, by Edward M. Hunter; Military service of William A. Barstow, by Elias A. Calkins; Life of Charles Durkee, by Michael Frank; Life of George Hyer, by Lyman Copeland Draper; Character of George Hyer, by Horace A. Tenney; The north-west in 1817, a contemporary letter to Major General Brown, by Samuel A. Storrow; Journal of a voyage from St. Louis to the Falls of St. Anthony, June 3-September 17, 1819, by Thomas Forsyth; Letter to Gov. William Clark, September 23, 1819, by Thomas Forsyth; Capt. Jonathan Carver, by Daniel Steele Durrie; The Carver Grant, by Daniel Steele Durrie; Early history of the lead region of Wisconsin, by Moses Meeker; Western Wisconsin in 1836, by Strange M. Palmer; Eleazer Williams and the lost prince, by John Y. Smith; Reminiscences of the first house and first resident of Madison, by Lyman C. Draper; Early reminiscences of Madison, by J.G. Knapp; Michel St. Cyr, an early Dane County pioneer; Green County pioneers, by Albert Salisbury; Early settlement of Rock County, a journal November 26, 1835-May 26, 1836, by Isaac T. Smith; Early reminiscences of Janesville, by Henry F. Janes; Sketch of Charles M. Baker; Pioneer history of Walworth County, by Charles M. Baker; and Neyon de Villiers. |
| Article Title | Wisconsin Historical Collections, Volume VI (1872) |
| Volume | Vol. 06 |
| Series | Collections of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin ; v. 6 |
| Rights | © Copyright 2006 by the Wisconsin Historical Society (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| Publisher-Electronic | Wisconsin Historical Society |
| Publication Date-Electronic | 2006 |
Description
| Language | English |
| Page | [426] |
| Publisher | State Historical Society of Wisconsin |
| Format-Digital | JP2 |
| Source Creation Date | 1872 |
| Identifier-Digital | whcvVI0434 |
| Description | "Early Reminiscences of Janesville" by Henry F. Janes, recounts Janes' travels and exploration through eastern Wisconsin in 1835, his attempts to claim land, and the founding of Janesville. He first attempted to claim land before the survey, which left him with an invalid claim for land reserved as a school section. Undaunted, he set out on foot, with little water, no food, and no shelter, walking through Troy, Waukesha, Rock Prairie, Turtle Lake, and Fort Atkinson. After staking a valid claim and building a ferry across the Rock River at Janesville, he filed petitions for roads leading in and out of Janesville, mail routes, and other infrastructure that established Janesville as a major way point. (10 pages) |
| Article Title | Early reminiscences of Janesville |
| Author | Janes, Henry F., b. 1804 |
| Page Type | article home |
| Volume | Vol. 06 |
| Series | Collections of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin ; v. 6 |
| Rights | © Copyright 2006 by the Wisconsin Historical Society (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| Publisher-Electronic | Wisconsin Historical Society |
| Publication Date-Electronic | 2006 |
| State | Wisconsin |
| County | Rock County |
| Community | Janesville |
| Decade | 1820-1829; 1830-1839 |
| Personal Name | Janes, Henry F., b. 1804 |
| Subject | Pioneers; Cities & towns; Memoir; Travel; |
| Full Text | early reminiscences of janesville by henry f janes i was bom oh the 12th of february 1804 in pendleton county virginia on straight creek one of the extreme head branches of the south branch of the potomac in 1819 my father moved to ohio and settled on the scioto shore at chil licothe where i remained till the 15th day of april 1825 when i left the parental roof on an old one-eyed horse with two shirts and four dollars in my pocket all told at about the end of a week i reached the vicinity of where la fayette indiana now stands at that time la fayette had no existence except in name there i married my wife on the 15th day of march 1827 i remained in that county till september 1832 when i moved with my wife and two children to laporte county indiana i remained there till april 1835 when i moved tct wisconsin with my family and settled in eacine county six miles due west from the city of eacine the february previous i went to wisconsin to select a location and found but one white family in eacine county being that of a mr beardsley there was not a house nor any sign of civilization between grove point twelve miles north of chicago and skunk grove now mount pjeasant in eacine county we were at home wherever night overtook us our fare was rather hard but the bills were not high at that time capt gilbert knapp had some men at work in eacine and i think he had a log cabin built or partly built at the time i first saw the place where the city now stands i selected a situation for a farm on a branch of a stream to elam bkardslet settled in caledonia racine county in january 1835 l c d |