A 10-ft. monument/marker has been erected on the site. The plaque on the monument reads as follows: "George E. Price, died at Milton, March 23 AD 1859, Aged 31 yrs. & 3 mos., Late Conductor of the M.&M.R.R.. This monument is erected as a tribute of respect by the employees of the Milwaukee & MIssissippi Railroad Co." Mr. Price was a conductor for the railroad operating out of Janesville. He would go from Janesville to Madison, then to Milwaukee. On March 7, 1859, was thrown from the back of a passenger coach being pushed from Janesville to Milton Junction. The train collided with lumber standing on the track.
A 10-ft. monument/marker has been erected on the site. The plaque on the monument reads as follows: "George E. Price, died at Milton, March 23 AD 1859, Aged 31 yrs. & 3 mos., Late Conductor of the M.&M.R.R.. This monument is erected as a tribute of respect by the employees of the Milwaukee & MIssissippi Railroad Co." Mr. Price was a conductor for the railroad operating out of Janesville. He would go from Janesville to Madison, then to Milwaukee. On March 7, 1859, was thrown from the back of a passenger coach being pushed from Janesville to Milton Junction. The train collided with lumber standing on the track.
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