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Manitowoc Rapids is the name of a village four miles above Manitowoc at the lake shore, thirty four miles from Green Bay, 29 miles from Sheboygan Falls, and eighty miles from Milwaukee. The rapids here, at the head of navigation of the river affords a very extensive water power which is taken advantage of to manufacture pine lumber and shingles to a great extent, to be shipped on Lake Michigan.

Neeshoto is another village of this county situated at the head of navigation of the West Twin river where there is also a water power and saw mills. It is eight miles above the mouth of the river.

In 1840 there were in this county 11 horses, 81 meat cattle, 90 swine, one flouring mill and six saw mills; and the products during the year 1839 were 225 bushels of wheat, 1750 bushels of oats, 175 bushels of Indian corn, 1900 bushels of potatoes, 67 tons of hay, 2900 pounds of maple sugar, $2000 barrels of fish.

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