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Photocopy, Corrections, Wisconsin State PrisonDescription
Photocopy, Corrections, Wisconsin State Prison. Wisconsin State Prison. Old photocopy from "Dodge County Directory." Page 120. By law, enacted in 1851, Messers. John Bullen, John Taylor and W. Worth were appointed commissioners to determine the (?) point in Wisconsin for the location of a State Prison. They determined Madison, Portland, Genesee, Horicon, Kaukauna and Waupun, and on the 4th of July 1851, a majority of the Commissioners, Messrs. Bullen and Taylor, decided to locate at Waupun, Mr. Worth dissenting in favor of Madison." Photocopy is of poor quality.