Beloit’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold only 4 old photos of Beloit. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Twelve men in Colebrook, New Hampshire created the "New England Emigrating Company" in October 1836, and sent Horace White to find a suitable region of Wisconsin in which to settle. The level fields and the water power of Turtle Creek and "unlimited gravel" in the area around what is now Beloit fixed the site of the village and farms. White purchased the land. At the same time as the Colebrook settlers, six families from Bedford, New Hampshire, arrived and settled in the region. They said the Rock River Valley had a "New England look" that made them feel at home. The village was platted in 1838 and was planned with wide streets, building on the New England model.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Beloit’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Beloit’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewChamberlin Springs Gazebo, 1875: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Beloit, decade by decade
1990s
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Chamberlin Springs Gazebo (1875) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Historic places
National Register · via Wikidata
From Wikimedia Commons (2), the Library of Congress (2) and the National Register (8). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.