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Crawford Co.

Crawford county was first established by the legislature of Michigan October 16th, 1818, and then included all the country west of a line drawn north and south through the middle of the Wisconsin Portage. The population in 1830 was 692; in 1836 it was 854; in 1838 it was 1220; in 1840 it was 1502; and in 1842 (omitting officers & soldiers at Fort Crawford) it was 1449.

In 1840 there were 366 horses, 808 meat cattle, 666 swine, 2 lumber yards, 1 grist mill, & 5 saw mills. The crops raised were 2092 bushels of wheat, 32 of barley, 9299 of oats, 497 of rye, 104 of buckwheat, 5257 of Indian corn, and 7522 of potatoes. 553 tons of hay, & 27,800 dollars worth of skins & furs.

During the year 1842 a road was opened from Prairie du Chien, the seat of justice situated [at] near the mouth of the Wisconsin, by way of the Falls of the Black and Chippewa rivers to La Pointe on Lake Superior under the direction of A. Bronson Esq.

The south part of Crawford county consists of a ridge running north and south on which the waters of the Mississippi and