All the western states and territories . obert S. Black (now of Dodgeville). Col. Henry M. Billings, Col. DanielM. Pnrkison, Col. Abner Nichols, Francis Vivian, Parley Eaton, Levi Sterling, , Josiah Tyack, James James, Samuel Thomas, Mrs. Hood, Amzi W. Comfort,0. P. Ayilliams (now of Portage City), M. V. B. Burris, Milton Bevans, Peter Hartman,John F. ONeill, AVilliam Sublett, John Phillips, John Milton, George Cubbage, JamesHitching, John Caserly, Edward Coode, and William Tregay. And the following, whohave since paid the debt of nature, viz: Col. John D. Ansley, Col. John McN


All the western states and territories . obert S. Black (now of Dodgeville). Col. Henry M. Billings, Col. DanielM. Pnrkison, Col. Abner Nichols, Francis Vivian, Parley Eaton, Levi Sterling, , Josiah Tyack, James James, Samuel Thomas, Mrs. Hood, Amzi W. Comfort,0. P. Ayilliams (now of Portage City), M. V. B. Burris, Milton Bevans, Peter Hartman,John F. ONeill, AVilliam Sublett, John Phillips, John Milton, George Cubbage, JamesHitching, John Caserly, Edward Coode, and William Tregay. And the following, whohave since paid the debt of nature, viz: Col. John D. Ansley, Col. John McNair, RobertDougherty, Capt. William Henry, Stephen Terrill, Mark Tcrrill, Dr. Edward McSherry, G. Ridgley, Nicholas Uren, Richard Martin, James S. Bowden, John Hood, LordBlaney, Joseph Sylvester, Matthew G. Fitch, Thomas McKnight, Stephen B. Thrasher,Robert W. Gray, Joseph Morrison, James Hugo, Hugh R. Hunter, Edward Jaoies (late Marshal), William Prideaux, Joseph James, Benjamin Salter, and CudAallader, thekeg-maker. 9?. 338 WISCONSIN. number .of saw mills, and considerable quantities of pine lumber arc manufacturcd. It is a place of rapid increase and prosperity, and its merchantstransact a heavy business with the adjacent country, which is rapidly fillingup. Population, in 1853, 300; and in 1860, about 4,000. The place possesses peculiar advantages from being the terminus of theMihvaukie and La Crosse Kailroad. It is probably the most northerly eastand west road that will be built in the state for many years, and has, conse-quently, as tributaries, all northern Wisconsin, west of Lake Winnebago,with the exception of a narrow strip on the borders of Lake Superior, andthe greater portion of Minnesota, extending far away to the Red River ofthe North, the Sascatchawine, and, ultimately, the North Pacific Railroad. About 60 miles above La Crosse is that beautiftd expansion of the Mississippi,known to all travelers as Lake Pepin. For about 25 the river is ex


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