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Dekorra is a village laid out [originally] in 1836 by some gentlement from Kentucky and called "Kentucky City"; on the Wisconsin river, at the first convenient place below the Portage. There is a store, a flouring mill and several houses here; and the principal business done [consists of] is the lumber trade, this being the point at which [the] lumber from the Upper Wisconsin is landed to supply the surrounding country for many miles in extent. The position of the town is high commanding, and healthy. The rock about here is sandstone, which has imparted [its] a sandy quality to the soil. The timber is scattered and consists chiefly of small oaks. A road has been opened from Dekorra direct to Lake Michigan at Sauk Harbor in Washington County at an expense to the general government of five thousand dollars. [The village was laid out in 1836]. Two other towns have been laid out by different persons in this county, which have

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