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Book Title: Madison, Dane County And Surrounding Towns...

EDGERTON
BY E. A. BUKDICK, ESQ.

  THE village of Edgerton is located on the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Railway, 71 miles west from Milwaukee, 1 1/2 miles from Rock river, 26 miles
east of Madison, and one mile south of the south line of Dane county, in Town 4,
Range 12, on the corners of sections 3 and 4 and 9 and 10. The town site was
laid out in the summer of 1853, by Adin Burdick and L. H. Page. The same season
H. S. Swift and Dr. C. R. Head also became interested in the town site. The
depot was built the same season near the spot where the railroad crossed the
Indian trail leading from old Fort Winnebago via Koshkonong lake to Chicago,
traces of which can now be seen near here. The first store was opened by P. F.
Davis, who was soon followed by others, among whom were Stiles Hakes, H. H.
Coleman, Charles Clark, S. S. Williams, H. S. Swift, C. C. Root and others. A
post-office was established in the fall, with O. D. Peck as P. M.

  The first freight shipped here by railroad was on November 25th, 1853. From
this date, both freight and passenger traffic by railroad has been good and
constantly increasing. For the past ten or twelve years large amounts of leaf
tobacco have been shipped from this station, this being the head of the tobacco
growing region of Wisconsin; in fact more of this commodity has been bought and
shipped from here than from all other points in the state combined. The average
amount for several years past has been something over ten thousand eases per
year, requiring from two to five hundred thousand dollars each year to handle
the crop thus marketed. This, together with the usual products of an extensive
and rich farming country, finds a good market here, and gives this place a high
position among the inland business towns of Wisconsin. We have six large tobacco
warehouses, which are receiving and handling the article daily, frequently
employing quite an army of laborers at remunerative wages.

  For grain we .have two elevators, besides several small warehouses, and quite
an extensive business in the live stock trade. The amount bought and shipped
from here will compare favorably with many larger towns.

  Our beople [sic] believe in liberal education, and we have a splendid graded
school, managed by an able and competent board, who have spared no pains to
obtain thorough and experienced teachers, who are doing a great and good work
for the coming generation.

  The best interests of the people hereabouts, and the tobacco interest in
particular, are carefully watched and championed by the "Wisconsin Tobacco
Reporter" a newspaper started here some three years ago by W. F. Tousley, which
is well patronized by the public in this vicinity, as its long list of
subscribers fully attests. Its present circulation is nearly six hundred. Great
pains is taken by the proprietor to give all market reports relating to tobacco
throughout the United States, and Wisconsin in particular.

  BUSINESS DIRECTORY.—Hotels: American House, W. Clatworthy; United States, H.
H. Dickinson. Pysicians [sic] and Surgeons: B. Burdick, H. H. Judd, S. L. Lord.
Attorney: J. P. Towne. Carpenters: J. Gazlay, T. Warren. Tobacco dealers: W. P.
Bentley, W. W. and H. W. Child, N. Taylor, Rowe & Taylor, T. Hutson, E. H.
Wheeler, Andrew Jensen. Hardware: J. D. Hain, G. W Howard. Blacksmiths: J.
Walter, Halver O. Lintvedt, Burdick & Co., D. B. Springer, D. Green. Drugs and
merchandise: Dr. Stillman, J. Copley, J. C. Croft & Co. Crockery and
merchandise: Mary Riley. Lumber: J. I. Lusk, R. R. Brown. Insurance: Geo. B.
Leonard, E. C. Hopkins. Merchant Tailor: J. McIntosh. Furniture: W. H, Clark.
Livery: C. L. Brown, S. C. Humphrey, N. Taylor, H. H. Dickinson. Wagons and
Carriages: T. L. Stillman, Nelson Loe. Burdick & Co., Halver O. Lintvedt.
Dressmaking: Mrs. J. A. Johnson. Millinery: Wilson & Taylor. Dry Goods, Clothing
and merchandise: E. W. Babcock, Mabbett & Perry, Jas. Croft. Boot and
Shoemakers: Jacob Johnson, P. O. Burdick. Barber: J. Johnson. Harness: J. A.
Heritage. Butchers: Cordner & Attlesey. Watchmaker: John Spencer. Bakery: J. N.
Moulthrop. Stock dealer: P. B. Huntington. Feed and Flour: J. McChesney. Fulton
Flour Mills: White Bros.

  CHURCHES.—Methodist Episcopal, Rev. W. D. Ames, pastor. Episcopal Church, Rev.
H. Green, pastor. Primitive Methodist, Rev. C Hendra, pastor. German Lutheran,
Rev. John Koerner, pastor. St. Joseph Catholic Church, Rev. Father C. T. Devine.

  SECRET SOCIETIES.—A. F. and A. M.; regular communications of Fulton Lodge, No.
69, Free and Accepted Masons, meet in Masonic Hall; C. H. Dickinson, W. M., G.
W. Price, Sec'y. I. O. O. F.—Edgerton Lodge, No. 133, meet in their hall over
Methodist church; Byron Long, N. G., G. W. Price, R. S. I. O. G. T.—Edgerton
Union Lodge, No. 145, meet in Croft's Hall: W. D. Ames. W. C. T., H. H. Judd, W.
R. S.   P. of H.—Fulton Grange, No. 195, meet at Croft's Hall; R. T. Powell,
Master, W. P. Bentley, Sec'y. T. of H. and T.— Guiding Star Temple, No. 109,
meets at Croft's Hall; H. H. Judd, W. C. T., H. R. Gwalter, W. R.

  E. A. Burdick, merchant and postmaster.

  W. F. Tousley, editor and proprietor Edgerton Tobacco Reporter


Additional Comments:
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Towns Adjacent Section

MADISON, DANE COUNTY AND SURROUNDING TOWNS;
BEING A HISTORY AND GUIDE
TO PLACES OF SCENIC BEAUTY AND HISTORICAL NOTE FOUND IN THE TOWNS OF DANE COUNTY
AND SURROUNDINGS, INCLUDING THE ORGANIZATION OF THE TOWNS, AND EARLY INTERCOURSE
OF THE SETTLERS WITH THE INDIANS, THEIR CAMPS, TRAILS, MOUNDS, ETC.

WITH A COMPLETE LIST OF
COUNTY SUPERVISORS AND OFFICERS,
AND
LEGISLATIVE MEMBEES, MADISON VILLAGE AND CITY COUNCIL.

ILLUSTRATED,
MADISON, WIS.:
PUBLISHED BY WM. J. PARK & CO.,

BOOKSELLERS, STATIONERS AND BINDERS, 11 KING STREET.
1877.

COPYRIGHT.
WM. J. PARK & CO. 1877.

DAVID ATWOOD, STEREOTYPER AND PRINTER, MADISON, WIS.

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