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420 Crawford Co.

the most interesting and romantic scenery in the western country may be found along this stream.

It appears to be a boundary between the open and prairie country on the west and heavily timbered land on the east. About its sources forests of pine are found.

Porcupine river enters Lake [Michig] Pepin, near the middle.

Trempealeau river, a branch of the Mississippi [river?] enters near [the] Mount Trempealeau, the "Montagne qui temp dans l'eau" (or Soaking Mountain) of the French. This remarkable bluff is about five hundred feet high affording a beautiful and extensive view of the Mississippi and the surrounding country. A very fine engraving of this Mountain and the surrounding scenery was made, a few years since, to accopany the "New York Mirror".

420 Crawford Co.

the most interesting and romantic scenery in the western country may be found along this stream.

It appears to be a boundary between the open and prairie country on the west and heavily timbered land on the east. About its sources forests of pine are found.

Porcupine river enters Lake [Michig] Pepin, near the middle.

Trempealeau river, a branch of the Mississippi [river?] enters near [the] Mount Trempealeau, the "Montagne qui temp dans l'eau" (or Soaking Mountain) of the French. This remarkable bluff is about five hundred feet high affording a beautiful and extensive view of the Mississippi and the surrounding country. A very fine engraving of this Mountain and the surrounding scenery was made, a few years since, to accopany the "New York Mirror".