Welcome to the Woodward Governor Company unofficial History Site

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1885 map of Madison Wisconsin showing a Brewery by Catfish Creek on Westport Road.

1885 map of Catfish Creek by Westport Road..jpg 1886 map from the Wisconsin history collection.Thumbnails1873 Dane County map1886 map from the Wisconsin history collection.Thumbnails1873 Dane County map

Farewell's Grist Mill was the first building at this location. This site is were the Tenney Park Lock is now located on the Yahara River.