F586 ■^ ^S* * Inn * ^ ^ * - •1°* Price 25 eta. •_ With Map, 7 5 cts. "# CV'\\''^TKd^r\) S\'>^s HAND BOOK^^^ OF WISCONSIN; ) OR, GUIDE TO TRAVELLERS & IMMIGRANTS: A com' ANION TO CHAPMAN'S MAP OF NA^ISCONSIN. »<^ » i CONTENTS. Page. Introfluction, 1 Boundaries and Extent, . . 2 Resources 4 Public Lands, 6 Land Dstricts, ..... 10 Page. Education 13 Lin(»s uf Travel, . ... . 14 Counties, in Alphabetical 01 der, 17 Commercial Statistics, .. 55 MILWAUKEE:^ PUBLISHED BY S. CHAPMAN, No. 165 EAST WATER STREET. MrTRisoN k KERR, BOOK it JOE PRINTERS. 1855. Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year ISoS, by S. Chapman, in the Clerk's OfGcc of the District Court of tlic State of Wisconsm. I ^^Iil^^[ ^'^ d^ 6 OR GUIDE TO TRAVELLERS & IMMIGRANTS j DESIGXED AS AN ACCOMPANIMENT TO The object of this work is to aid immigranta who ti.re seeking a Western home in making; ti><}ir selection, by presenting the resources of each portion of this State by Counties — the position they occupy, tlie nearness to mai'ket, and facilities for reaching it Its object is also to direct the traveller to the best and easiest route? through the State. From the enquiries the Author daily receives, he believes that such a work is called for, and as there has never been anything published which in any manner occupies the ground it takes, he confidently presents it to the public as a needed book. It is in« tended aa a companion to "CHAPMAN'S MAP OP WISCONSIN," and all references to th« Map are iji» tended for that. A^ 2 WISCONSIX. As the State is constantly changing as the tide of po[iu- lation sweeps northward, the Publisher would be thank- ful for any new statistics or any geographical informa- tion not embodied in this book or noted on his Map or where change by new settleme3its have made cither in- correct. MlLWAUKEK, 1855. WISCONSIN. Wisconsin lies between 42 deg. 30 niin. and 4*7 d.e^. N. lat. and between 87 deg. and 92 deg. 30 niin, AV. long, ftnd is bounded on the North by Lake Superior ; N.E, \pi, most of which is from Wisconsin. Copper is also found, and smelted at Mineral Point. Large pieces of pure copper are often dug nj) in nearly every Soutliern County. Iron ore of a superior quality is found at Iron Eidge, Dodge County, and a furnace has been built for smelting and casting. Arrangements arc now making to manufac- ture R. R. iron, which it is said this iron will make of a superior quality. • — ♦-^e^o- — PUBLIC LANDS. All the lands in Wisconsin are numbered from the 4th principal meridian. This line commences at the mouth of Fever River in Illinois, and extends to Lake Superior. Tlie Base Line, from which the lands are numbered North, is the Southern boundary line of the State. All the town- sliips (six miles square) lying East or West of the principal meridian, are East or West ranges ; all lying North of the base lines, are toxcng. Each town is divided into WISCONSIN. 7 tliirtj-six sections, numbered as on the Map in Town 9 Xorth, Range 9 East. All towns or sections, a part of which is cutoff by lakes or streams, are called /rac^/owa/. After the lands have been surveyed, they are pro- claimed by the President for sale, and offered at auction at SI. 25 per acre ; and such as thereafter remain tinsoM are subject to be purchased at private sale at that rate. Only a small portion are thus sold. Our own citizens, as well as those of other countries, have at all times an op- portunity of purchasing rich and desirable lands at Go- vernment prices. By a law passed in August 1854, lands which had been in market more than ten years, were made subject to entry at §1.00 per acre ; over fifteen years at 75 cents; over twenty years at 50 cents ; over twenty-five years at 25 cents ; over thirty years at 12 1-2 cents. For more complete and full information, we subjoin a statement made by Benj. 11. Moores, Esq., Receiver at the Land Office at Menasha : Receiver's Office, MEN.\SiiA, November 16, 1854. I have frequent inquiries from persons for information relative to entr}'", under the act of Congi-css of 4th Aug., 1854, "An act to (graduate and reduce tJie Price of t/ie Public Lands to actual settlers." For general information I annex a schedule of the classes of land whicli became subject to private entry. Between 1st July 1840 and 1st July 1845, in 1st class, at $1.00 per acre. Between 1st July 1835 and 1st July 1840, in 2J class, at 75 cents per acre. 8 WISCONSIN. Between 1st July 1880 and Ist July 1835, in 3d cla??, at 60 cents per acre. Between 1st July 1825 and Ist July 1830, in 4th class, at 25 cents per acre. Those offered prior to Ist July 1825, in 5tli class, at 12 1-2 cents per acre. The reduced prices are only for actual eeltlenieut, or f«)r the use of a settler' s farm. In all cases of entry under this act, the affidavit of the spplieant is necessary in one or the other of these aoconi- panyiug forms, which is to be furnished and prepared by the applicant, or some person for him, other than by the Register or Receiver ; before one of whom the oaih must h€ token. AH lauds, subject to entry under the act, are also open fts before for entry at $1.25. It should be observed by th&se having unexpired pre- emptions, that a clause in the 2d section of the act (a eopy of which I enclose,) will or luay effect their pre-emp- tion privileges if neglected by them. Yours, &.C., BENJ. n. MOOERS. The forms of the oaths referred to, and required of thd rt[>plicant, arc as follows : Form of Oath Ko. 1. f, of County, having applied to enter the nnder the act entitled " An act to graduate and reduce the price of the public lands to actual settlers and culti- rators," approved 4th August, 1855, do solemnly swear that I enter the same for my own use, for the purpose of wiscoKsiir. « actual settlement and cultivation, and that together with said entry I have not acquired from the United State?, under the provision of said act, more than three hun- dred and twenty acres, according to the established sur- Teys ; and further, that the said laud is not now in the occupancy of any actual settler whose settlement thereon existed at the date of said law. Sworn to and subscribed before me on the day of , 18 . Form of Oath Ko. 3. J, of County,, leaving applied to enter tbe under the act entitled "An act to graduate and reduce the price of the public lands to actual settlers and culii- yators," approved 4th August, 185-i, do solemnly swtar that I enter the eame for the use of an adjoining farm*" owned by me situated on the (here is to be inserted tho tract or tracts on which the farm is situated), and that together with said entry, I have not acquired from th« United States, under the provisions of said act, more than three hundred and twenty acres, according to the estab- lished surveys ; and further that the said land is not now in the occupancy of any actual settler whose settlement thereon existed at the date of said law. Sworn to and subscribed before me on the day of , 18 . • There must b* an adjoinment, and the tracts to be entered, ia idl «ase«, la as compact a body as may be. 10 WISCON.SIN". For the purpose of making the matter perfectly plain, we subjoin the 21 section, relating particularly to pre- empted land^, which is as follows: Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That upon every reduction in pri(Ss under tjic provisions of this act, the occupant and settler upon the lands shall have the right of pre-emption at such graduated price upon the. same terras, conditions, restrictions and limitations, upon which the public lands of the United States are now subject to the right of pre-emption until within thirty days preced- ing the next graduation or reduction that shall tako place ; and if not so purchased, shall again be subject to the right of pre-emption for eleven months, as before, and 80 on from time to time, as reductions take place : Pro- vided, That nothing in this act shall be so construed as to interfere with any right which has or may accrue by virtue of any act granting pre-emption to actual settlei'S upon public lands. For fuller particulars as to purchase, recourse must be had to the pre-emption law, furnished at all the land offices. Besides the lands belonging to the General Govern- ment^ the State has many desirable lands for sale, de- noted to it for schools and for internal improvements, amounting in all to 1,18-5,000 acres. Some of this haa lately been sold. LAND DISTRICTS, The Public Land Offices of the United States arc lo- cated at — Milwaukee, Menasha, Mineral Point, SteVen's Point, La Crosse, and Willow River (now Hudson). WISCONSIN. 11 The boundaries of tliese Land Districts are as follows : Milwaukee — Office at Milwaukee — Commencing on the Southern line of the State between ranges 9 and 10 E. between Green and Rock Counties, running North on this line to the lines between towns 10 and 11 North, thence East on this line to the line between ranges 1*7 and 18 East, thence North to the line between towns 12 and 13, thence East on this line to Lake Michigan, up Lake Michigan to the State line, and "West on this line to the jilace of beginning. This district embraces all of the counties of Kenosha, Racine, Walworth, Rock, Jefferson, Waukesha, Milwau- kee, Washington, and Ozaukee, and part of the counties of Dane, Columbia and Dodge. The arable lands of this district are nea:-!}- all taken up. Oreen Bai/— Office at Menasha, Winnebago County-^ Commencing on Lake Michigan on the line between towns 12 and 13, West to line between ranges 17 and 18 East, thence South to line between towns 10 and 11 N., thence West to line between ranges 9 and 10 E., thence North to line between towns 14 and 15, thence East to line between ranges 11 and 12 East, thence North on this line to the Northern boundary of the State, and follow- ing this boundary Easterly and Southerly to the place of beginning. This district embraces all the Counties of Sheboygan, Manitowoc, Kewaunee, Calumet, Door, Brown, Outa- gamie, Winnebago, and Fond du Lac, and parts of th« Counties of Dodge, Columbia, Marquette, Waushara Waupacca, Shawaunaw, and Oconto. Wisconsin or Mineral Point — Office at Mineral Point — Commencing at the Southern boundary of the State 1 2 WISCONSIN. on the Mississippi, following tlie State line East to thpi, and down the MLssii- gippi to the place of beginning. This district embraces all of the Counties of La Crosae, Bad Ax, Monroe, Jackson, Trempeleau and Clarke, and WISCONSIN. 18 nf-arly all of Buffalo and Chippewa, and a small ]Kii-t of Dunn. Willow River — OflSce at Hudson, St Croix County — Commencing on the Mississippi at the mouth of the Chip- pewa, up this River to the Sd correction line between towns 30 and 31, East on this line to line between ranges 1 and 2 East, North on this line to the Northern line of the State, then following the State line Westerly and Southerly to the place of beginning. Tills district embraces the Counties of La Point, Doii- glfiss, Polk, Pierce, and St. Croix, and parts of Dunn, Chippewa and BuiTalo. EDUCATION Tu'O tov/nships or seventy-two sections of land wer« granted by Congress, for the purpose of endowing a Stat* University. Tiiese lands have been selected in the vnri- ovis counties, sold, and the proceeds applied in erecting the University Buildings at Madison. Two buildings are already finir?lied, and the College in successful opera- tion. Besides this, a College is established at Beloit, Rock .County, under the charge of the Pres>)yterians and Con- gregationalists united, and is in a flourtshing condition. A College at Racine, under the charge of the Episco- palians, is in a prosperous condition, and bids fair to take a high stand among the Institutions of the Weftt. For Carrol College see Waukesha County. 14 WISCONSIN. COMMON SCHOOLS. Fur the support of Common School?, Congress donates each 16th section in every township or one thirty sixth part of the whole State, as a fund. These lands arc thrown into market by the State, and meet witli a ready sale, as only 10 per cent, of the amount is to be paid at the time of entry, the remainder being ou interest at 7 per cent. The proceeds of these sales are put into tho Treasury, and the interest only divided pro rata to the different counties. The lands thus reserved, if sold at Government prices only would give a fund of over $1,200,000. LINES OF TRAVEL RAIL ROADS. Milwaukee and Mississippi Rail JRoad— From. Milwau- kee to Madison, through Milwaukee, Waukeshn, Jeffer- son, Walworth, Rock and Dane Counties. To be con- tinued to the AYiseousIn River and down its valley to the Mississippi. Southern Wisconsin — Leaves the Milwaukee and Mis- sissippi Rail Road at Milton, built at present to Janes- ville. To be continued through Green, Lafayette and Grant Counties to the Mississippi. Beloit and Madison — Running from Bcloit to Afton, seven miles. Will soon be finished to Madison. Milu-aukee to Watertown — Running on the track of the Milwaukee and Mississippi to Power's Mill, fourteen miles from Milwaukee, branching thence to Oconomowoc. Will be finished to AVatertown early in 1855. "WISCONSIN. 15 La Crosse and Milwaukee — From Milwaukee to La Crosse, on tlie Mississippi River, through the Counties of Milwaukee, Waukesha, "Washington, Dodge, Columbia, Sauk, Adams and La Crosse. K^ow building — to be opened to Iloricon during 1855. Milwaukee and Iloricon — Leaves the La Crosse and Milwaukee^ at Iloricon to Berlin in Marquette County. Inow grading. Lake Shoi-e — Fi'om Chicago to Milwaukee along tlie chore of Lake Michigan. Xearly completed. Rock River Valley — From Fond du Lac down the val- ley of the Rock to Janesville, thence to Statt- line near the East corner of Rock County. Cars running ficni Fond du Lac to ^Yaupun. Mineral Point — From Mineral rciut down the Yallcy of the Picatonica. Building. Racine — Graded to Fox River and partly graded to Beloit. Kenosha — To intersect llie Rock River Valley, through Kenosha and Walworth. Grading. Central Wisconsin — From Portage City through Jef- ferson and Walworth Co. to the State line, from thenco to Chicago. Now grading. Quite a number of other roads have been chartered, Eorae of which have been commenced, but so little pro- gress made, that it will be some time before they are completed. PLANK ROADS. Milwaukee and Watertown — On nearly the same route as the Milwaukee and Watertown Rail Road. 16 WISCONSIN. Racine and Janesville — To Delevan in Walworth Cbunty, forty-eiglit miles. MihoauTcee and Janseville — To Mnquanago in "Wauke- sha, A branch from this road, ten miles from Milwau- kee, strikes the Racine and Janesville Plank Road *t Rochester. Kenosha to Biirlirujton — Twenty miles. Sheboygan to Fond die Lac — Forty miles. There are quite a number of other Plank Roade from five to ten miles in length, STEAM BOAT ROUTES. Boats are constantly running on Lake Michigan be- tween all the ports, and to Green Bay, From Fond du Lac to Menaslia on Lake Winnebago. From Oshkosh to Berlin on the Fox. From Oshkosh to Lake Shawanawon the Wolf. From Applcton to Green Bay on the Fox. From Green Bay up the Oconto. From Green Bay to BufFala On the Mississippi River, the whole of its length bounding the State. On the St. Croix Rivei' to St. Croix. Boats can pass up the Wisconsin to Portage. When the Milwaukee and Mississippi Rail Road reachea it^ » line of boats will run to its mouth. Tlierc are other streams navigable some distance from their mouths, where boats will pass as business req^iirea. STAGES, Run with more or less freq aency through all the priu- eipal villages not reached by Rail Road. WISCONSIN, 1 7 COUNTIES ADAMS. This County lies on the "Wisconsin Ri^er, and is also watered by the Lemonwier, Necada, Yellow and Roch & Cree Rivers. The valley of the Lemonwier, especiallj that part lying on the West side, is as fertile as any land in the State, the timber being black and burr oak. Oil the Yellow River is one of the best pineries of the State. Much of the land of this county, being pine land, is not calculated to induce a rapid settlement for agricultural purpose.^ Between the Yellow and Lemonwier Rivei-R, the country is level, in the rest of the county generally undulating, and good for agriculture. There is much good land subject to entry, and it will not be long before Adams county will contain a large population. Th« land office for nearly the whole of this county is at Steven's Point. Germantown, on the Wisconsin, at the mouth of th4 Yellow River, is at present the principal village, and has a good location for future prosperity- It is in the centre of a fertile district which is rapidly settling. Eight saw mills on the Yellow River, and all doing & prosperous business, send their lumber down the River to the Wisconsin, at this place. The county is healthy, and affords good inducement, not only to the farmer, but to the mechanic of almost every kind. The La Crosse and Milwaukee Rail Road passes througJi. B 18 WISCONSIN. thii county, following up the West side of tlio WLscon- iin River to the Lemon wier, and up the valley of IhU River to Monroe county, BAD AX. Tliis county is one of the Mississippi River counties, ia aew, but sparsely settled, and has not yet attracted ihe attention of immigrants as much as it deserves. It ii watered by the Kickapoo, Raccoon, and Bad Ax River?, and their numerous braiielic:?. These have many excel- lent water powers, and the great resources of this county remain yet to be developed. There are few counties iu the State which should tempt the settler more than this, nnd notwithstanding its bad name it is a good country. It is to be hoped that iu the future naming of the coun- ties of Wisconsin suclr unmeaning and uncouth names shall give place to more euphonious, either Indian, Eng- lish or French, and \hat Bad Ax and Deaths Door may be the last of their kind. Viroqua is a flouri^'hing village in lias county. BROWN. One of tlie tliree origliral counties of AViscousiM, *m- brftcing all the State North of Milwaukee and East of the Wisconsin River, but now one of the smallest counties of the State. The population in 1850 was art of the Oneida reservation is in this county. Ths lower Fox River flows through this county, the largest •treara of water in the State, and containing the best water power. This River has been made navigable the whole of its distance by the Fox River Improvement Co., WISCONSIK'. 19 and steamboats v.ill run during tlie Summer of 1855 from Lake AViniiebago to Green Bar. There is some ^ood land still unoccupied in the Eastern and South- eastern part of the county. It is well watered, undulat- incr but not hilly, and has but little swamp or other waste land. The timber is maple, beech, and birch, in- terspersed with pine, and some hemlock. Duck Creek,, and Big Suamico flow through the county. Green Bay,, at the mouth of the Fox, is the oldest settlement in the State, and is now the centre of a heavy lumber trade, which has met with a stimulus in the high price which lumber has commanded during tke past yeai\ owing to the opening of new avenues for supplying Illi- nois and Wisconsin. It is supposed that more than twice the timber will be cut duri%g the winter of 1854 and '5, than at any season heretofore. Green Bay will also b* the port of shipment of a large back country. Steamers run from this port to Buffalo. The Green Bay, Lake Shore and Chicago Rail Road has itB Xorthcrn terminus at this place» BUFFAL^O. This county was orgiini.sed.in iSoS from Chippewa. It lies on the Miseissippi River at the mouth of the Chip- pewa, and is rapidly tilling up. It is at present but ppar.'^ely populated^ and there is much good Government land to be had. The valleys of the Trempeleau and Buffalo Rivers are exten.«ive and eminently adapted to ft^'icuTture — fine prairies, fine timber, well watered, ami as yet ahnost entirely unoccupied, presenting one t»f th« best openings for the immigrant to be found in th% Stftte- of Wisconsin. 20 WISCONSIIT. Waamandee City is the countj seat of this county, situated on the Mississippi, about 50 miles above La Crosse. It is a promising point of business, and will probably command the trade of this and the Northern part of Trempeleau counties. Buffalo is in the La Crosse land district, and con- sequently entries can only be made at the La Crosse office. CALUMET Lies on the East shore of Lake Winnebago, and is yet but lightly settled compared with its surrounding neigh- bors. It is covered with a heavy growth of hard timber, and contafns what was for a long time the Stockbridge Indian Reservation. These two causes, kept the settlers from this county until Winnebago, on the West side of the Lake, with the attractions of timber, openings and prairies, had so far out-strippod Calumet in population that there is little prospect of its reaching that degree of prosperity which its neighbors have acquired. There are etill the remains of the Stockbridge and Brothertown Indians in the county, occupying their well tilled farms. The county is well watered, and contains much excellent land yet unoccupied. Chilton Centre, a flourishing village, is the county seat. This county is wholly in the Green Bay land district^ and entries must be made at the land offices at Menasha. CHIPPEWA. One of the largest counties of the State, extending from the line between towns 24 and 25 North, to the line be- tween 40 and 41, being 91 miles long, and averaging about 66 broad. Not one half of tho county is yet sur- WISCONSIN-. 21 vcyed and brought into market. The county is watered by the Chippewa and Yellow Rivers, and their numerous branches, both large and small. It is, in its full sense, a well watered county. Our further description will ap- ply only to the surveyed or Southern part of the county, which will undoubtedly soon be subdivided into seve- ral smaller counties. The soil in the "Western part of the county is good, and great progress has been made in settlements for agricul- tural purposes. In the North-eastern part, the soil is less valuable for farming purposes, but rich for the lumbering business, as it is covered with excellent pine. Chippewa county contains one of the best and most ex- tensive pineries in the State. There are now in success- ful operation twelve saw mills on the Chippewa River, capable of cutting 40,000,000 feet of lumber annually. The largest of these mills is located at Chippewa Falla and is commonly known as Allen's Mills ; Menomonee, Mills ; and at the mouth of the Eau Galla, is Carson and Eaton's. These mills average about 5,000,000 feet annu- ally, and furnish employment for about 600 men. The county seat is at Chippewa. Tiie most of the land in this county is still subject to entry. It affords inducements to tlie immigrant botli agricultural and mechanical, as the resources of the county are such as to give permanency to business, and a sure market is always to be found for the products of the forest. . The route of travel to this country from Lake Michi-' gan, at present, is by Rail Road from Chicago to Galena (nearly completed) and up the Mississippi and St. Croix 22 WISCONSIN. by boat; or from Milwaukee to Madison by Rail Roa.l, thence by stage to the River, and up the River by boat. We are indebted for most of the information in re- lation to this county to the Hudson Journal nnd tJie Hudfon North Star, two valuable papers for local information, whose assistance we have, occasion to ac- knowledge in another part of this work. Did the papers of other localities take the same pains to give local infor- mation as these papers, the Pinery at Steven's Point, and the Crescent at Appleton, we should possess much more •ure and valuable information respecting the resources of our State. Such journals are worth more than the whole cost of publication to the different counties where they ai'e located, and we do not doubt but they have been the direct means of doubling the population, and developing tte resources in a corresponding ratio of the counties where they are respectively located, COLUMBIA. This county is nearly in the centre of the present ■ettled portion of the State, and lies on both the Wiscon- •in and Fox Rivers, which approach within two miles of each other at Portage City — the former a rapid, changeful current, subject to sudden rises, flowing between high banks and over falls ; the latter sluggish and unchang- ing, with marshy banks, or spreading itself into doubtful lakes, and navigable with little water. The land of the whole of this county is good, the sur- face diversified with rolling prairies and burr oak open- ings. There is little timber growing in this county, but the want of it is well supplied by the Wisconsin pi nerici, WISCONSIN. 23 the timber from -wliich is floated doAvn the Wi«con«xn Kiver to and past this county. Few counties in tlie State have increased within the past five years with the rapidity of this. All north of the Fox: River, then known as Indian lands, is now filled with people. There is consequently little good Governracnt land to be had — in truth, it was nearly nM taken as soon as brought into market. Portage City, on the Wisconsin and Fox, here connect- ed by a canal, is the county seat, and one of the most prosperous and busy towns of the State. The Wisconsin is navigated up to this place. It contains a bank, two weekly papers are published there, and it conitnands the trade of a large country, esijccially that lying up the Wisconsin River. The La Crosse and Milwaukee Rail Road is to pass through this county, and the Central Wisconsin has its terminus at this place. See Rail Roads. CRAWFORD. This county formerly embraced all Xorth of the Wis- consin River, but lias been so far divided and shorn, as to have become one of the smallest. It lies in the angle made by the Wisconsin and Mis:?is3ippi Rivers, and i»" watered by the Kickapoo, passing through nearly the centre. The eoujity seat is Prairie du Chien, one of the obh'st settlements of the State, and for a long time a military pos*t The surface of the country is broken hy a ridge passing North and South between the Miseissippi and Kickapoo. The county is well eupjilied with fin* water, and good timber is found along the etreamp. Tliere is an oicellent pinery on the Kickapoo, and a uuna- 24 WISCONSIN. bet of mills are located there. The land ia generally good, and between the Kickapoo and Richland countj, excellent. Like Bad Ax, the county has not received the attention it deserves. Copper has been found in this county, and there eeems to be no reason why Crawford should not prove to be as rich in mineral resources as either of the counties South of the Wisconsin. Large quantities of lead have ali*eady been found, though there has been but little aearch made. "When the Milwaukee and Mississippi Rail Road is finished to Prairie du Chien, its Western termi- nus, the resource** of Crawford will be more fully devel- oped, and it will receive the attention it deserves. There is much good Government lands not yet taken up. It is in the Mineral Point land district. CLARKE. A new county recently formed out of Chippewa, and has the characteristics of that county. It is but thinly settled, nearly all the land being yet unoccupied. It is well watered, and is divided just West of the Black River, its principal stream,, by a high ridge. DANE. This is the largest county of Southern Wisconsin, and lies midway between Lake Michigan and tlio Mississippi River. It is considered one of the best agricultural counties of the State. The Wisconsin River forms its North-western boundary for a short distance. It ia is watered by Koshkonong, Sugar, and numerous other small streams, nearly all affording good water power. TUe best ia obtained by damming the outlet of Mendota WISCONSIN. 25 (4th) Lake, which is occupied by one of the "best mills of the State. The county is rolling prairie and oak open- ings. Prairie abounding in the Western part. Madison, the county seat, is also the capital of the State, and contains all those different buildings and in- stitutions usually gathering round the capital. The best stone quarry in the State, near Madisoa, gives a beauti- ful material for building, which has been extensively used in the public and private edifices. The State^ House, one of the first buildings erected with this ma- terial, does not present that beautiful appearance of thos©^ more recently erected. The State University, for which Congress has mad© large donations oWands, is located on the shore of Men- dota (4th) Lake. Two of the buildings are already finished and occupied, and the University in successful operation. The State Lunatic Asylum is also located on the shore of the Lake. It has a large tract of land connected with it, and it is contemplated to erect a large and commodious building. It is not yet fully organised — the first portion of the Asylum to be built during the Summer of 1855. Madison itself, the only place of note in the county, is one of those examples of rapid and continual growth not always found, even in a rapidly increasing State. It is one of the most beautifully located places in the State, between two lakes, from 50 to 75 feet above their level. The first inhabitant settled there in 1837. In 1840, the population was .... 149 1846, „ „ 283 1850, „ „ .... 1672 1854, „ 4126 S6 WISCONSTN". Besides the Public Edifices alluded to above, it hM a Female Semiuary--good select and common schools — six churches ; and what, vre regret to add, is not found in every place in Wi3con9in, a good liotel. The present terminus of the Milwaukee and Missis- sippi Rail Road is at Madison. Stoughton is the only other depot in the county. The Rail Road from Beloit will soon be finished to this point. It is intended to con- tinue the Milwaukee and Mississippi Rail Road to th« Wisconsin at Helena, and the Beloit Road to Portage. DOOR. This county consists of the narrow strip of land lying between Green Bay and Lake Michigan, and a number of Islands off its Northern extremity. It derives its beautiful name from the strait between Plum Island and the main land, called by the original French settlers of Green Bay, "Porte du 3forts," or " Death's Door." It has thus far failed to attract settlers, either on account of its name, or more probably because there is Jio back country to induce the settlement of a village, or naak« liny market for the produce raised. The principal settle- ntent in the county is on Washington (or Potawotomie) Island, on the Xorth-western part, called Washington Harbor, This is represented to be one of the best natu- ral harbors on the Lake. Tlie county is mostly pine and the soil Ronc of tJie best. DODGE. A beautiful, rich, and healthy county. It is one of the best for agricultural purposes, well watered, diversi- fieid in eurface, being prairie, openings, and & raoderftt» WISCONSIIf. 27 amount of timber, and is of easy access to market. It has sufficient wator power for ordinary purposes. Th« La Crosse and Milwaukee Rail Road pa^iees through it nearly East and West. The Milwaukee and Hori- con Road leaves the track of the La Crosse at Iloricon, running North to Berlin on the Fox. Both these roads are building, and some portions in this •county will b« finished during 1855. At Mayville, is the best iron mine in the "West, pro- ducing as good iron as any in the United States, A fur- nace has already been erected, which bids fair to add largely to the attractions of the county. But little Government land is to be had in this county. It lies partly in Menasha and partly in Milwaukee Land Districts. Juneau is tlie county seat, Beaver Dam if the largest and most flourishing place. DOUGUASS. This county was formed from La roiat* in 1854s A few surveys have been made along the shore of Lak* Superior, and settlers are rapidly directing their cours* to that point. Though the most Northern county of the State, the winters are represented to be mild and pleasant. The ]>resent communication with the outer world is through Lake Superior or down the St. Croix River. A road is now building from Supei-ior, near th« mouth of the St. Louis to a point on the St. Croix River. The Bay of Superior, at the head of the Lake, is said to be the best harbor on the Lake. Superior is a rapidly growing place. The first settlement being made in 1863, •ud in the fall of 1854 numbered about oOO. Proapet- 28 WISCONSIN. tively this occupies an important point. It is the head of the chain of irJand Lakes on the North-west. It is the North-western terminus of the Wisconsin system of Rail Roads. It is the point, and the main point, from -vv^hich the Pacific Rail Road is to leave the Lake Navi- gation, and from this point the road is to be built. The county is prairie mostly. Timber abounds. It is well watered. Does not suffer from its Northern lati- tude, and will be occupied as fast as the lands are brought into market. DUNN. A new county, lying on the Chippewa and Red Cedar Rivers, not thickly settled, well watered and generally good soil, having a due proportion of timber, prairie and openings. Ilay River, in the Northern part of the county, a branch of Red Cedar has pine upon its banks, and saw mills are now running. Pine is also cut on the Eau Galle. The resources of this county have not yet begun to be developed. Most of the land is yet in the hands of Government, and afi'ords rare chance to the immigrant for investment. Part of the county lies in "Willow River and part in La Crosse Land Districts. FOND DU LAC. This county lies in the Eastern part of the State, and is one of tlie old counties, if the term old can be applied where all is new. It was incorporated in 1836, but re- mained under the tutelage of Brown till 1839. Leas than fourteen years ago the writer had occasion to ad- dress circulars to different portions of the State, the one marked " Fond du Lac," was refused at the Post Office wiscoifsiir. ^ on the ground that there -was no Post OflBce in that county ! The present estimated population is over 30,000. It is a beautiful and excellent agricultural county, embracing within itself almost all the products of Wisconsin. It is rolling, diversified with prairies, cpenifigs, timber and marsh; and is healthy, prosperouB, and fast becoming rich. "As a whole, the soil of Fond du Lac county is not surpassed by fertility by any in the "West. There probably is no tract of land of equal ex- tent whore less waste surface will be encountered by the agriculturist. The low lands are good meadows, or are the repositories of muck and shell marl, by which th« adjoining high lands will be enriched for ages. In point of good building material, this county is liberally sup- plied with ston*?, the best of clay for brick, limestone for cement and walls, are every where abundant." Fond du Lac, the county seat, is located at the head of Lake Winnebago, and has steam boat communication with all the places on that Lake, and up tlie Rivers which flow into it. The Northern terminus of the Fox River Valley Rail Road is at this point. It is already run to AVaupuD about 18 miles. The city possesses a good trade, and its growth has been andatill continues to be very rapid. At Waupun, a thriving agricultural village, is located the State Prison. A temporaiy wooden building waa erected in 1851. In 1854, a new stone edifice, intended a3 the South wing of the whole prison when completed, was built mostly by the labor of the prisoners. The lize of this wing is 204 by 64 feet, four stories high, cap- able of receiving 288 prisoners. 30 WISCONSIN. Rijioii, another of those magic places wliich (pi-iiig Itito manhood before tlie geographer can locate ilniii, hm, within three years, been built in the town of Coresco, in the Western part of the county. It is a thriving place — has its college edifice, its newspaper, and its innumerabla ftigns of population and enterprise.Brock-way College has not yet gone into operation as a college, though its build- ing is erected, and an excellent collegiate school in oih- ration. There are no public lands in the county. "NVe are indebted for most of the above facts to an exeellent pamphlet entitled a " History of the County of Fond du Lac/' by Martin Mitchell, Esq., who, with com- raendable enter]n*iae, has put on record the early hiDtoi.v of the county, before the facts arc forgottea. GRANT. This county is in the South-western corner of the ^tat* n:id one of the oldest. The first settlors, after tlie Indian trsder?, located in this county, and its lands were tlao earlii'st surveyed and brought into market. In cocee- (^iK'Uce, in accordance with law alluded to on pjige 7, all the lands in that county are ollered to settlers at 50 cent* per acre. There has been, since that law went in.to efiect, a very large sale of lands in that county, and con- •equcntly an increase of population. Yet nearly ond fourth of the land is yet unsold at this time (Janaarr 1, 18.55.) The hirgest portion of the public lands is in the Northern part of the county. The laode Rr« nearly all good, there being lc.-=3 marsh than iu anr wther county in the State. WISCONSIN. 51 The firrtt settlers of Graut -were attracted tTicro bv it« richness in mineral wealth. A large amount of lead i» eent from this couutj, ' hut in ^vhat quantities, there are no means of ascertaining accurately. In a recent letter, written by Dr Percival, our State Geologist, who has been for some time a resident of that region, he states that it was difficult to ascertain either the amount of mineral raised, or of wheat grown, information which can only be fully obtained by a thorough examination by the census taker, our constitution requiring the census to be taken in 1855. He states further that the amount of produce raised is much larger this year than heretofore, the miner finding agriculture a more sure employment; but that thoi-e kas been but little grain exported, tlie whole surplas being req-nired t^ supplj' the immigrant* into this and the counties Xorth. Wo learn that Mr J. C. CoA'er, a gentleman well quaS- fi?d fw the task, will soon issue a History of this County, Rnd we kK»k ft>r it with a great degree of interest. Grant lies wholly in the Mineral Point Land District.. The Western terminus of tl:^ Soutkeru Wisconsia Rail Road is in this county,. GREEN. liying in the Southern part of the State, and border- ing on Illinois. The county is mostly prairie, with open- ings, a good agricultural country, whose resources aiT rapid;1y developing. There is but little government land to- be- had. The f(»liowing, from the lace of some butineis. It has a good water power, which has lain unimproved for two or three years, but arrangements are now made to use it. Reedsburgh is a thriving place. Prairie du Sac is on Sac Prairie, on the Wisconsin, the most beautiful village site in the State. Devil Lake in the Bluffs, is a natural curiosity. Its banks are steep and rocky, rising from 150 to 200 feet. Its waters have no outlet, are clear, abounding in fish, ■«nd its depth has never been ascertained. The La Crosse and Milwaukee Rail Road follows up th« North-east eide of the Wisconsin River, and crosaci WISCONSIN'^ 4T into this county at Xewport, a thriving village, where ft dam is soon to be thrown across the river, which will make an excellent water pov^^er. The county is in tho Mineral Point land district. SHEBOYGAN Lies on Lake Michigan, 50 miles North of Milwaukee It is heavily timbered with oak, maple, ash, hickory and pine. The soil is light, inclinitjg in some parts to sand, but is productive, and raises wheat of the best quality. Sheboygan wheat bears a higher price in market than that raised farther Soutli. The poplation is American, German and Dutcli. The Niewsbode, the only Dutch paper, with but one exception, published in the United States, is printed here. A plank road extends from She- boygan to Fond du Lac. There is but little public lanhioii cauglit many of our ^vessels in the ice, or damaged them^ by storm, on their pil8^age up, the amount of railroad iroii end coal tliis year would have been largely increased. Tlie increase in the lumber trade is worthy of particu- lar notice. We proceed to the state nu-ut of cxporta by Lake for the past season of navigation : Number of depai tares of steam and sail vossuls, . . 2 023 w-r"^-' v":"-- ^7'f' ;; 4.44S7 2"^:''^' 323.267 f^-^^>;'^"-' 131,179 Grass Seed do., J^'^j^^^ Potatoes, do., *" „ , 5 9J1 «ea"''' ^''^•' 109^ C»io"^'^«' ,49. Cranberries, do., ' WISCONSIN". ^.^ Flour, bbls., Pork, do., * 155,0.5 1 Hams, do., 24 55H Lurd, do., 3 690 Bacon, lbs., '..!..!. ^'^6 Beef, bbls., .'.*.',*." i^'i-^iQ Lime, do., * ' 7 521 Beer, do., l-,87:{ Vinegar, do., \ 8,500 Glue, do., ,. . '"'^ Coal Tar, do., ....'*..'*,.. ^'^^ Whiskey, do , *. , V * ^50 Pig Iron, tons, '.*. ^65) Tobacco, lbs., '.'.'.*.'.,'. ''27 Broom Corn, bale?, ....'.*.*.* ^"^'^-^ >\she?, Pot? aiid Poarl? cask- '^ Rags, lbs, ' 2,04(3 Ginseng, do., ][[[ 4S,8S(i Butter^o., .'.' ' * * ^,035 . Woo!, do., .*.*..'.*.' 3,5,500 Shot, do., ,".'. /' 2i'6,453 Cheese, do., .' * ] ] 20,.52.5 Furs, do., .* * ' * 40,350 Leather, do., * 9.543 Hop.-=, do., *. 238,034 Barrels, Packing, Floar'a^d Pork,* .';; 'f'^^«- Brick, ' 18,273 Soap, boA-cs, V. 3,645,000 Candles do., ^«27I Starch, do., .'.'**.'."..* ^'^9<* Saleraius, do. ] * * * i)286 Staves, i\o , .'.'..'.*. ' * * ^'^^'^ Stoves do,, .'.*.'.*.*,' G7l,20a Ship Knees, do,, ^23 Salt, bbls., 513 Salt, bags .'.* .*.*.*.'.".'. ^'-^3 Brooms, doz., 947 Eggs, do., V. 2,518 57,300 ^4 wiscoifsix. 2,878 Dried Fruit, bush., ^^^ Matches, boxes, ^^^ Farina, bbls., *•■■■ ^^^g^^ Hair,lbs., g^^ Fish, Salt, )i bbls., ^^ ^ Fish, Fresh, boxes, ^^^^"^^ Hides, No., . . .- ^\qq Merchandise, not specified, tons, • • • • The above table, taten from the books of fovwavder., .hows the actual value of export, by Lake from Mdwau^ kee for the yt^ar 1854 to be Fhe Millions Seven Hundred cndEigldy-five Thousand Lallan, and this sum is arriv- ed at by taking a low estimate of the value of the arti- cles shipped. The comparative table is given below. The above table is the result of figures taken from tlia books of the forwarders, and is entirely accurate so far as thcv are concerned ; but in regard to sundry of the itema.'the figures are not large enough, since large quan- tities of stores for the lumber regions have been .hipped, of A'hieh no account appears. C,9W ~*., e3,.,3.... m.l6.... «5,«5 VnvV do 21,522.... 12,741.... 24,558 ^:™.d::.:.. v"-- >.«»^-- '-z WISCONSIN. 65 Bacon, lbs., [none reported.] 184,2-59 Beef,bbl8., 6,767 4-970 7,524 Lime, do., ■ ..'.. 3,2Q0 .... 12,633 Beer, do., 645.... 3.639 " 8,500 Brick,m, 701 3,425.... 3,6*45 B utter, lbs , 2C8,053 92,630 .... 305,500 Wool, do., 289,784 .... 412,431 .... 226,158 'Hop?, do, .... 8,960.... '68.6^6 Staves, ....:..... „ 138,250 . . ... 537,730 .... 671,200 Ashes, casks,.. ;1.380 .... > :2,380 2,046 Eggs, doz., 38,790 131,900 67,300 Barrels, '. . 1,163.... 3,527.... 18,273 Hides, .... 12,438.... 10,049 Starch, boxes, 653.... 1,286 Soap,do., .... 1,700 4,171. With regard to the other items of export, we have too (lata for comparison with former years, but the increase is large upon most of them. The decrease in several of the items above mentioned is accounted for, in some cases, by the fact that prices were not sufficient] v remu- nerative to bring them forwawl. The avooI crop was a much larger one than that of the previous year, but the shipment exhibits a large falling oflf, there bei*^ a <*on* eiderable amount of the clip ^:tiil in the hands of tjie far* raers. At Burke tfe Co.'s Woolen Factory, on tli^^^water power,: about 50,00.() lbs.. have.bee.n worked up into yarn, flatinels,* sliawls, searf*^, | clothe and- cassimeres, and 15,000 lbs. have been carded into I'oJls to be manufac- tured by families in the couiitiy. The brick b-usiness. has been • driven a-head' fei'i=kly, though from the home deM7a!.\i being very gvhai, the Bhipments do not exhibit. a large increase. ISome, Si5Ht300 have been sent to New York city .iduring the seawu.,' .k E dfl WISCONSIN. The comparative shipment of leading items of Grain, for five years past, is as follows : 1850. 1851. 1852. 1853. 1854. Wheat, 297.578 130,794 42i3.5f2 1,181,090 2,052,319 Barley,... 15,270 99,897 282.237 250,727 323,267 ^'bats...... 2,700 55.124 295,895 102.233 424,487 Corn,. ••^. 5,000 20,430 none. none. 208.529 Kye, none. none. 05,142 97271 ' 131,175 •i!otal Bush. 320,540 312,245 1,071,786 1,691,321 3,230,077 It will be seen by the shipping tables in a previous page that the number of barrels of flour sent forward, is about equal to last year, althoHgh the mills in this city were almost idle for many weeks for want of water; and were doing little for the last few weeks of navigation, on account of the stringency of the money market. What- ever deficiency arose fiom this cause, has been m.ade up by receipts from the country. As near as wc have been &'tAa to ascertain, the five mills on the water power made over 100,000 barrels of flour during the year. OZAUKEE. Flour, bbls., 10.000 Wheal, bush., 20,C00 Rye, do., 10.000 ^: I^otatoes, do., 15.000 K ,.Wood, cords J3X'U0 '" Slaves, iUOOOO Sbooks, iMinche?, ' 6,000 Brick 2 500.000 Rail Road tiee, 5,000 The aggregate value of the above articles of export i» »<>t far from $160,000. i WISCONSIIf. Ql SHEBOYGAN. Wheat, bush., 216,631 ^STO.TSa 75 Barley, «lo., i!5,981 .... 10,485 75 Oats. df». KM-17. . 3,247^04 Peas ami lieans, d«., 1,787 !,787 00 Potatoes, do., 1 3,36-3 5.,:544 80 Cranberries, do , 201.... 482 25 Grass Seed, do., 9040,... £0.340 C9 Kycsdo., 2,431).... 1.8C9 75 Lninbt r, fcet, 3.705-000.... 4a,J>?ftO0 I.ftth,do.. 2,C13,Q0a 8,532 50 Bquare Tmvbcr, do., 4,000 .'. . . 560.00 Shi nglt-;-', No 2,102,000 .... , 3,t^77; 50 Rail Ftoad lies, do.,. 10.000.... 1.800 00 Cedar Post?, do., 235 000 .... 37.600 00 Stave*, do, .1,546,000 ,.,. 12.368 GO Hoop Poles, do., 18,000 .... 126 00 Spokes, do., 30,000 225.00 Merchandise, Ions, 46.... 11. .500 00 Pot and Pearl Ashos, 168 . , . , 4.20*1 00 Sakr.itiis, do 45.... 5,010 00 OasUnps, do, 18 .... 1.8G0 00 Flour, bbl3., 7,655,.., 55,494 75 Pork,do., ,11...-; 156 Oa, Hatap, do , £2,... 286 00 Apples, do, 34.... 1C200 Eggs.do., 11..,. 88 00 High Wine?, do., 22 484 00 Whi^k-cjy, do., 34 598 GO Sugar, .lo , 8.... 19200 Linseed Oil, d9., 12.... 480 00 Salt,do., 418 . 836 00 Fish, 1^ bblc?., 4.317.... 15.109 50 Beer, do., 3,476 10,428 00 Beer, hhds , 50.... 2,500 00 Packing Barrels, ,^538 .... 3,rm 00 Fiu-niiure, bbl3, bulk, ,, 825 825 0C> jgg ^ISCOXBIN. Chair Stuff, do., 323 %9 00 ; Household fioods, do., 328 ... . ' 164 00 WooUbs., 204..,00.... 67.320 00 .T,u«er,do. H,2^0.... 2,133 00 ■ICa.^, bales, 152.... 204 00 .IIops,do., 42.... 2,940.00 Leather, rolls,.....: H .... 140 80 Common Baskets, 833.... 333 20 Hides, packages,... 549.... 2,745 00 Malt,bags, 50.,.. 12. «)0 Tab.and Pails 4,294.... 1,288 00 20 200 00 Stoves, - ••• ^^ .... Thresh iug Machines, 1 • • • • ^JO 00 B,icn 247.000.... 1-23500 WagoliHubs, 2,516 .... 1-253.00 W^• .-.-lOi-.- 3,100 00 . Xubs and PailS, do^en, J..385 .... .3,01? 00 . .alter, lbs..... .6,lo0: ...•.., .i.23f 00 wmcotisTSs- .ath ..L.;.. ...... 950,000 .... roduce, Vegetables, .1,900 00 3,C00 00 4,000 00 $19,435 00 60? From tlie Bay Shore — J'/'iit Reported. Lu inber, feet, 21 ,000 $ ! 52.000 00 . Fish, bbls., 4,000..,. 28,000 00— $280,000 00 $374,435 00 GRAIN. The following table exliibits the comparative amount . of exports of flour, wheat, barley, rye. oats and corn, for 1854, from all but tAVo of our Wisconsin Lake Ports — Manitowoc and Two Rivers are still behind with their returns. Fi.tnu. WiiKAT. Barlky. Oats. Rye. Corn. bb's. bu."/!. busk. bush. bvs!i. bufk. Kenosha,... HMi 52^.872 12],':83 506 320 4.172 14.171 Racine,.... 13,404 409,?'04 106 509 , 705,114 4,000 18.758 MilwHukee,.l55 0.^1 2,052 319 323,-T)7 4v4.487 131,179 298,825. Ozauket', . . . 10,0(10 20 000 — 10,000 Sheboygan.. 7.655 216 G31 25 981 10,147 2,439 Green Bay,. 3.397 4383 Tota",.... 198.531 3,232,000 577,040 1,046,068 142,790 331,754 Rediicing the flour t<' \yheat, the total exports of the above articles, from the six ports named are as follows : Milwaukee, bush., 4.005,332 . R;.cinc,do. 1.311.205 Kenosha,do., 1,219.538 Sheboy?an.do, ' 292.473 Ozdukee,do., 80 OOO Green Bay, do.,. 21,8»i8 Total Bushels, 0,930,416 -j 70" WISCONSIIT. The other two ports will add but little to the above aggregate. ' We conclude these tables by giving the comparative exports of Avheat, rye and barley, from Milwaukee and •Chicago : ^ RliJwaukce. Chicat,'o. Flour,b\ils., 155,051 »1 0^6 Wheat, bush, 2,052,313 1,8(30636 Rye, do., 131,719 . 40,000 Barley,do.,. 3-24,207 33,205 It will be seen that in each of these important articles the shipments from lVIil w a nkee largely exceed those from Chicago. It is in the coarser and lower priced articles of corn and oats that Chicago has the great advantage. ■Reducing flour to wheat, it stands asfollows:— Milwau- kee, 2,711,280 bush.; Chicago, 2,25l,.5yi— a difference of Bome i/tree hundred and sixty thousand bushels in favor oT Milwaukee. We ."dd a comparative statement of tlie shipnient of wheat alone from the two ports in each of the hist live years : •' Milwaukee. Chicago. 1850..Bu3hel8, 297,f78 833.044 1851. . Do., 130.796 427,820 18-,2.. Do., 428.512 635.496 1853 Do., 1,181.690 1,660,335 • 1854.. Do., 2,052,31.3 1,860,636 It will be seen that last year, for the first time, the shipments of wheat from Milwaukee exceeded those from Chicago. Having obtained the lead in this important article we think we shall keep it ; for before next harve.«t ■wo shall have the Milwaukee and Watertown, the La Crosse and Milwaukee, and the Milwaukee and Iloricou WISCONSIK. Tl' Rail Roads, as well as the Milwaukee and Mississippi, all pouring the agricultural treasures of ♦he fertile interior into the lap of this city — Wisconsin's chief sea port LEAD. The following figures show the amount of Lead ship- ped from the Upper Mississippi, and the average price per 100 pounds, for the past ten years : Year. Tons. Price, 1843 17.477 $2 34 1844 19,521 2 82 1845 24.32&' 2 96 1846 23.513 2 88 1847 24,145 3 17 1848 21312 3 24 1849 19.654 3 67 1850 17 769 4 20 1851 14.816 4 08 1852 12,770 4 12 1853 13,307 5 50 1855 Estimated, 15,000 6 00 The increased attention to these mines, resulting from the State Geological Survey ; and the greater demand for lead, lead us to suppose that the shipments for 1854 must show a very handsome addition to those of 1858* About nine-tenths of this lead comes from Wisconsin ; but being shipped from Galena, the whole is usually credited to Illinois. Tf? WISCONSIN., RECAPITULATION By the above tables there have been shipped from— Kenosha, in valuer. ■■ $1.71D,237 Racine,do 1.331.691 Milwaukee, do., 5.735.vest part-of the State cor- . rectly delineated. 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