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has numerous small lakes or ponds in different parts of the town. There is much fine prairie, but most of the land is the kind called "openings".

Milwaukee, a large and flourishing town on Lake Michigan near the mouth of the Milwaukee river in Milwaukee county, and at the western extremity of Milwaukee Bay. It is ninety miles north from Chicago, seventy five miles east from Madison and about one hundred and twenty five miles south from Green Bay. It was laid out in 1835, and such was its rapid growth that by the census taken the year following these were twelve hundred and six inhabitants; and the number does not now probably fall short of three thousand. It was incorporated in 1837. Many of the buildings are large and commodeous.- There are among them a court house three churchesm, three taverns, and several large ware houses; an Iron Foundary and mechanics shops of almost every kind are in operation; and there are three weekly newspapers. The town commences about a mile and a half above the mouth

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