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422 St. Croix Co.

the products of the preceeding year were 74 bushels of wheat, 79 of barley, 258 of oats, 606 of corn, & 8,014 of potatoes; 447 tons of hay, 17,997 pounds of maple sugar, 4, 282 barrels of fish, 1,500 gallons of fish oil, and 43.000 dollars worth of skins and furs.

Much of this county will remain as it is at present an uninviting region, but there are portions of it, especially along the Mississippi and its branches that may be cultivated to advantage; and its forests of pine; and perhaps mines of copper may in some degree compensate for its deficiencies otherwise.

Many of the rivers, lakes, &c. in this portion of the Territory have received different names by the persons who have visited, or described them, and hence there is some confusion in relation to these names. Those that appear to be pretty well established are as follows:

St. Croix river, an important tributary of the Mississippi a few miles above [the] Lake Pepin and fifty [nine] miles below the Falls of St. Anthony; its length is about two hundred miles. It originates in Upper St. Croix Lake; a beautiful sheet of clear deep water twelve miles long from north to

422 St. Croix Co.

the products of the preceeding year were 74 bushels of wheat, 79 of barley, 258 of oats, 606 of corn, & 8,014 of potatoes; 447 tons of hay, 17,997 pounds of maple sugar, 4, 282 barrels of fish, 1,500 gallons of fish oil, and 43.000 dollars worth of skins and furs.

Much of this county will remain as it is at present an uninviting region, but there are portions of it, especially along the Mississippi and its branches that may be cultivated to advantage; and its forests of pine; and perhaps mines of copper may in some degree compensate for its deficiencies otherwise.

Many of the rivers, lakes, &c. in this portion of the Territory have received different names by the persons who have visited, or described them, and hence there is some confusion in relation to these names. Those that appear to be pretty well established are as follows:

St. Croix river, an important tributary of the Mississippi a few miles above [the] Lake Pepin and fifty [nine] miles below the Falls of St. Anthony; its length is about two hundred miles. It originates in Upper St. Croix Lake; a beautiful sheet of clear deep water twelve miles long from north to