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The Gazette was established on August 14, 1845, by Levi Alden and E. A. Stoddard. It was initially a Whig partisan newspaper and published only a weekly edition. Alden owned it for the first decade in partnership with a number of different prominent Rock County Whigs until selling his remaining ownership to his last partner, Charles Holt, in 1855.
Janesville was originally incorporated as a city in 1853, utilizing the mayor-council form of government. In 1923, Janesville adopted the council-manager form of government, and has retained that form of government ever since. The first mayor of Janesville was A. Hyatt Smith, a pioneer lawyer who was Wisconsin's second U.S. attorney.
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Beginning with a letter to the editor published in the Janesville Daily Gazette in 1886, Goldin began to publish his version of the Battle of Little Big Horn, in which he castigated Major Marcus Reno and praised General George A. Custer. Goldin claimed that Custer gave him a last message to be carried to Reno, shortly before Custer was killed.
Miner served on the Rock County, Wisconsin Board of Supervisors and the Janesville Board of Education and was a Republican. He was on the board of trustees of the Wisconsin School for the Deaf. In 1889, Miner served in the Wisconsin State Assembly. He died in Janesville, Wisconsin, in 1899. [1] [2] [3]
John Devine Seaver was the second of nine children born to Robert Whitmore Seaver and his wife Anna (née Edson).Robert W. Seaver enlisted in the Continental Army at age 14 (about 1777) and served in the American Revolutionary War until the surrender of Lord Cornwallis in 1781, attaining the rank of sergeant. [12]
Kristina Fontes, The Taunton Daily Gazette November 17, 2024 at 3:46 AM Before we begin the new week in earnest, we're taking a look back at the week that was, and the stories that led the news ...
He subsequently served 17 months as city manager of Janesville, Wisconsin. [2] References This page was last edited on 18 December 2024, at 11:55 (UTC). Text ...