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Washington County

being entirely covered with a dense forest of oak, maples, birch, lynn &c, the settlements have not kept pace with that of several other counties; but as it has a soil which is perhaps not surpassed by any, an abundance of water gushing up from the limestone substratum, on almost every quarter section, & on extensive water privilege at the Milwaukee falls, & other places it may be safely predicted that this will become one of the richest counties in the Territory. The Milwaukee river runs through the county from north to south, nearly parallel to the Lake shore, affording at the "Falls" one of the most important water privileges in the country. There are several small lakes in this county and one, the Musquewoc, of considerable size. The outlet of this lake is a fine mill stream. A great number of [Russian?] and German emigrants, who recently left their country on account of some religious persecutions, have taken up their new homes in the southern part of Washington County. The prevailing or only rock in place is limestone-