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Bluffs along the Mississippi appear to be the termini of lateral spurs of this ridge extending down below the smaller streams. These streams abound in speckled or brook trout. Near the Falls of Black river there are numerous spurs or hills from one to three hundred feet high. "Apparently (says Mr. Bronson) composed entirely of iron stone ore" and hence sometimes called Iron Moutains. "The scenery from these high ridges is the most picturesque imaginable; natual columns, pillars, towers, mounds &c are frequently seen varying in height from twenty to one hundred feet; their summits oval, spiral, or inclining and with more or less perpendicular sides. They show the lime, sand and quartz formations with which the whole country from the Wisconsin to Black river abounds." Excellent materials for Mill stones are found here. The northern portion of the county is more level, abounding in lakes and streams more or less filled with wild rice. Above the Falls on the several streams there are no settlements in this county.

Bluffs along the Mississippi appear to be the termini of lateral spurs of this ridge extending down below the smaller streams. These streams abound in speckled or brook trout. Near the Falls of Black river there are numerous spurs or hills from one to three hundred feet high. "Apparently (says Mr. Bronson) composed entirely of iron stone ore" and hence sometimes called Iron Moutains. "The scenery from these high ridges is the most picturesque imaginable; natual columns, pillars, towers, mounds &c are frequently seen varying in height from twenty to one hundred feet; their summits oval, spiral, or inclining and with more or less perpendicular sides. They show the lime, sand and quartz formations with which the whole country from the Wisconsin to Black river abounds." Excellent materials for Mill stones are found here. The northern portion of the county is more level, abounding in lakes and streams more or less filled with wild rice. Above the Falls on the several streams there are no settlements in this county.