Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1848-05-04
Western Enterprise.
BeLoit. Wisconsin, 1915

Del0H, Wisconsin, 1915.
Perhaps no place in the West affords better
demonstration of Western enterprise, than tue VII
lage Of Belot, situate upon Rock river, Niscon
sim at the point where the Turtle emptles into the
Rock. No one who has travelled through the
West need be told that the valley of Rock river Is
not excelled by any portion ofthe Great West, or
even of the World, for saubfity of climate, beau
ty of scenery, or fertility OF SOIL 1t may be true
that our scenery does not partake so much of the
romantic and sublime as that of more rugged and
mountainous regions, but then there is beauty
and sotness to our scenery. rarely equalled and
never excelled. and view of our noble praires
and mighty rivers partakes not little OF the sub
lime.
Beoit, is situated sixty miles directly west of
Southport, on the Lake, and about the same dis
tance east of Galena, on the Mississippi, and is
the most populous and the largest business town
between Lake Michigan and the Mississippi. The
first white man settled at Deloit in 1885, and from
that time to the present, ts.growth has been grad
ual and uninterrupted, and its present population
numbers 1900 inhabitants.
The situation of the village is beautiful, lying
upon both sides of Rock river, and between the
Turtle and the Rock The streets are wide and
regular, the buildings tasteful and neat and
many of them elegant and expensive Among
the churches we already number-ohe Congrega-
tional one Baptist one Methodist, and one Epls
copalian, all of which are elegant and substantial
superstructures, three of them being built OF ham,
mered Stone and one of brick, and the congrega-
tions worshipping in all these different churches
are able to sustain their own ministry, and con-
tribute for the support of the Gospel elsewhere
We have in successful operation flourishng
Academy, comprising departments for both sexes,
and now numbering among its pupils over one hun
dred young. ladies and gentlemen, enjoying all the
advantag gesfor instruction afforded by the best in
stitutons of the kind at the East We have also
a variety Of select Schools of high order, and
excellent common schools, and our village has
lately by an appropriation of $4,000 to that object
determined to adopt and carry into operation the
union system of common schools, so successfully
in operation at the East.
We have also a College located in our village,
| literally endowed; to accommodate which, large
and expensive buildings NOW being erected,
and the institution is expected to go into opera
ton next fall So that so far as religious priyi-
leges, and advantages for education are concerned,
we are not behind the most highly favored villa
ges at the East.
To business men also seeking home in the
West our village holds out unrivalled advantages.
Nature, it would seem, has determined that this
point should be the great centre for the trade OF
this fertile region. Both the Rock and Turtle
rivers afford almost any extent of water power at
this point, and this account village has Of
ten been denominated the Rochester Of Wiscon-
sin. Two Touring mills have for years been in
successful operation upon the Turtle, within the
village limits, and substantial! dam across Rock
river is now completed, affording power sufficient
! for all manufacturing and mechanic purposes: and
large amount of machinery of different kinds is
already propelled by that power, and we antici-
pate that the present season will add one more to
the number of our fourishing mills, and witness
also the erection of one or more large manufac-
turing establishments upon Rock river in our vii
| lage We certainly have the substantials to make
a great business place, but we need little more
capital to help put on the fxings. Will not busi-
ness men of the right stamp take Belot in theil
tour for location! If they will but come, we shall
certainly make as sure conquest of them, as
Caesar did of Spain, when he wrote that memorable
letter-"Venl, Vidi, Viei" A. B. G.