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Face of the country

There are no mountains, properly speaking, in
Wisconsin; the whole being one vast plane, varied
only by the river hills, and the gentle swells
or undulations of country usually denominated
"rolling" This plaine lies at an elevation of from
six to fifteen hundred feet above the level
of the ocean. The highest lands are those forming
the dividing ridge between the waters of Lake
Superior and the Mississippi. From this ridge there
is a gradual descent towards the south and south
west. This inclinations is interrupted in the
region of the lower Wisconsin and Neenah rivers
where we find another ridge extending across the
Territory from which proceeds another gently descending
slope drained, mostly by the waters of Rock river and
its branches. These slopes indicate and are
occasioned by the dip or inclination of the rocky
states beneath the soil. The Wisconsin Hills and