Janesville Plank Road - Milwaukee, WI
Posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member onfire4jesus
N 42° 57.067 W 088° 01.674
16T E 416150 N 4755898
Janesville Plank Road ran from Milwaukee to Janesville. This historical marker is on Forest Home Ave which follows the path of the plank road.
Waymark Code: WM2327
Location: Wisconsin, United States
Date Posted: 08/27/2007
Published By:Groundspeak Charter Member Hard Oiler
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Text from the marker reads:
"The Janesville Plank Road was one of 16 privately-owned toll roads authorized by Wisconsin's Territorial legislature in 1848. The road was specified to follow a 65 mile route from Milwaukee through Eat Troy to Janesville. Its roadbed was built on the 1838 Janesville Territorial Road, which followed an Indian trail extending southwestward from rice marshes near river mouths in the Milwaukee area to Janesville."
Type: Plank Road
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