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Internal Improvements

Little has yet been done in the construction of public works in Wisconsin. Appropriations have been made by the General Government and expended on the following roads:-

From Green Bay, by Milwaukee & Racine, to the Illinois state line- Distance one hundred and fifty eight miles.

From Milwaukee, by Aztalan and Madison, to the Mississippi at a point opposite Dubuque.

From Sauk Harbor, on Lake Michigan, to Dekorra on the Wisconsin river- Distance eighty six miles.

From Fond du Lac, by Fox Lake, to the Wisconsin river.

From Racine, by Janesville, to Sinipee on the Mississippi-distance one hundred and fifty miles.

From Fort Howard at Green Bay, by Fort Winnebago at the Winnebago Portage, to Fort Crawford at Prairie du Chien; called the "Military Road"-distance from Fort Howard to Fond du Lac, fifty six miles; thence to Fort Winnebago sixty miles; thence to Fort Crawford one hundred and nineteen miles.

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