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and bounded on both sides with bluffs several hundred feet in height. Above Lake Pepin the bluffs are less steep, and attain a less elevation than below that lake, where they are usually estimated to be from four hundred to five hundred feet high. Below the State line there are two rapids which obstruct the navigation very materially when the water is at a low stage, but when the water is high there is no difficulty in passing them.

[Mississippi City-a city laid out on the Mississippi river two miles aboue DaBuque, and two miles below Sinipee in Grant County].

Monroe, the P. Office Counry seat of Green county, [on section three town one range seven] established in 1839 by a vote of the inhabitants of the county.

[Inverted newspaper clipping].