Box 27, Folder 1: Geographical and Topographical Description of Wisconsin, 1844

Long Island an island on the Wisconsin river opposite the mouth of Pine river and Mineral Creek, seven miles in length and about half a mile wide. The head of the island is four miles below Helena.

Long Lake-one of the sources of Red Cedar river.

Long Lake, a Lake at the source of Long river, near the Mississippi, west of Mille Lac.

Long Lake, in the east part of Fond du Lac County two and one fourth miles long and half a mile wide. It is in town fourteen range nineteen.

Long river, a tributary of the Mississippi, entering a short distance below the De Corbeau.

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Coast of Green Bay Beginning at the most north point of Rock Island

[Measurements and calculations.]

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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[Newspaper Clipping] .

Milwaukee

It will be seen that the amount of Milwaukee timber, shingles, and salt imported, has been increasing with a gradually augmenting ratio-while the importation of agricultural products which are now mostly supplied from our own soil- as pork flour &c. has been gradually diminishing, until they are now taking their places in the table of exports. The very great excess of business of the last year after that of former years is occasioned by the introduction of several new articles of trade, especially lead, shot, and copper which is brought overland from the western part of the Territory-The experiment now made, in the transportation of the valuable mineral products of our western counties, has shown that Milwaukee may, and soon will be made the outlet of most of that trade, even during the present unimproved state of the roads.-

and when greater facilities, which are now being made for transportation across our Territory, shall be completed, the amount of business of this kind which will be done here, can hardly be calculated.

The following is a statement 4. Statement of the amount received for the sale of public lands, at Milwaukee in the Territory of Wisconsin, from its first establishment in 1836, up to January 1st 1842.

[Table of Data].

Note.- The first sale of land in this District was held at the Green Bay Land Office, the proceeds of which would swell the above amount to a million and a half dollars.

1842 $149,816.86