Editing South Beloit, Illinois (section)

===Earliest residents===
Many Peoples have inhabited South Beloit over the years, including the [[Mound builder (people)|Mound Builder]]s, [[Sioux]], and Illinswek (Illinois). The Turtle Indians of the area were the [[Winnebago Tribe]], Siouan family. They had villages all along the [[Rock River (Mississippi River)|Rock River]] and [[Turtle Creek (Wisconsin)|Turtle Creek]]. One large village was in modern-day South Beloit and all the way up to northeast Beloit. It was named for an important chief, Kau Rau Maw Nee (Walking Turtle). Turtle later became modern day Beloit and South Beloit.