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John C. Gilman
Watertown Gazette, 08 10 1911
Henry Gilman of Madison, whose father
built the first dam and erected the first sawmill here in the late 30’s of 1800,
came Saturday [1911 Homecoming] and called
on “Fabe” Cooley, who was his playmate in 1840. They together caught bullheads near the
sawmill that General John C. Gilman built.
The “Exchange” or Van Alstine
Hotel was also erected by Gen. Gilman.
He sawed lumber and floated it down Rock River to build houses at
Jefferson and Fort Atkinson.
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