Madison, Dane County and surrounding towns; being a history and guide to places of scenic beauty and historical note .. . ct a transit which is now dailyaccomplished in little more than four hours. The sungleamed out once upon the travelers, and the spot,made glorious by that welcome illumination, has eversince been known as Sun Prairie. Other workmenspeedily followed, and it is interesting to note, in theirseveral narratives, the progress in settlement alongthe traveled route, as the summer wore on. E^rly inAugust there was a log house and an Indian campingground at Prairieville, formerly Pra
Madison, Dane County and surrounding towns; being a history and guide to places of scenic beauty and historical note .. . ct a transit which is now dailyaccomplished in little more than four hours. The sungleamed out once upon the travelers, and the spot,made glorious by that welcome illumination, has eversince been known as Sun Prairie. Other workmenspeedily followed, and it is interesting to note, in theirseveral narratives, the progress in settlement alongthe traveled route, as the summer wore on. E^rly inAugust there was a log house and an Indian campingground at Prairieville, formerly Prairie Village, nowWaukesha, and five miles beyond that location, a loghouse occupied by a family named Pratt, which hadsettled on 160 acres. Half a days journey furtheron, some settlers of the name of Brown had taken upa quarter section, and about eight miles from the lap-ids of Pock river, near the site of Watertown, werethree brothers named Setchell, preparing homes fortheir families. A dam and sawmill were in course oferection at Water town, by Mr. Goodhue, and at LakeMills the Atwoods had made a comfortable abode. KBN6 STREET.(Between Webster and Pinckney Streets) LOOKING WEST. HTSTOET OF MADISON. 37 just twenty-eight miles from the capital. Settlementhad made no nearer approach to Madison onthat line ofroad, but the trail was well defined, and there was nodifficulty in traveling where so many had alreadypassed. The clear air of the capital, and the bustleof preparation, must have made the appetites of theworkmen keen, as the records of the time continuallymention expeditions to Galena and elsewhere, to re-plenish an often exhausted commissariat. Such crea-ture comforts as pork, flour, and some few luxuries,were dealt out with no sparing hand, as all testimo-nies go to show. The corner-stone was laid at the southeast corner ofthe capitol, on the 4th of July, 1837, and there was nolack of eloquence to celebrate the event; but the presswas not represented on the occasion, henc
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