When the traveling party with Joseph Goodrich concluded a months-long journey west from Alfred; New York; in the spring of 1838; the strong-willed abolitionist staked out land some 60 miles west of Milwaukee. The area was then a crossroads of militia trails still worn from the Black Hawk War six years prior. Wisconsin�s statehood was 10 years away when Goodrich began platting a community. He began with the Milton House; a unique hexagonal structure made of grout and built to serve as a temperance inn. Later; Goodrich used Milton House to aid fugitive slaves fleeing the South; and the inn became the heart of the community. By 1844; Milton had expanded around the town square. That same year; Goodrich founded Milton Academy; which was chartered as a college in 1867. He also facilitated the arrival of railroad lines; which led to the establishment of Milton�s twin village; Milton Junction; the rail hub of southern Wisconsin.
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