A racetrack was constructed by Andrew Work about one mile northeast of the store that Heinrich built.

[3] In 1861 Henry and Caroline Fredrick gave three acres for a Union School on the corner of roads 90 and 23.

By 1870 the area had a hotel, a saloon, two stores, a blacksmith, a wagon maker, a saddler, and a shoemaker.

Hurlbut gave the right-of-way through his land and a $1,000 donation for the rail-company to construct a terminal in Madison.

The road was graded from Winters to Hurlbut's land by area resident George W. Scott.