. Appletons' illustrated hand-book of American travel. A full and reliable guide ... to ... the United States and the British provinces. With careful maps of all parts of the country, and pictures of famous places and scenes, from original drawings by the author and other artists. nues to be, unexampled any where, excepting in the surrounding new Statesand Territories. The topographical aspect of Wisconsin is very similar to that of other portionsof the north-west section of the Union, presenting, for the most part, grandstretches of elevated prairie land, sometimes 1,000 feet higher than the
. Appletons' illustrated hand-book of American travel. A full and reliable guide ... to ... the United States and the British provinces. With careful maps of all parts of the country, and pictures of famous places and scenes, from original drawings by the author and other artists. nues to be, unexampled any where, excepting in the surrounding new Statesand Territories. The topographical aspect of Wisconsin is very similar to that of other portionsof the north-west section of the Union, presenting, for the most part, grandstretches of elevated prairie land, sometimes 1,000 feet higher than the levelof the sea. Though there are no mountains in this State, there are the charac-teristic plateau ridges of the latitude, formed by depressions, which drain thewaters, and afford beds for the rivers and lakes. The descent of the landtowards Lake Superior is very sudden, and the streams are full of falls andrapids. The floods of Lake Superior and Lake Michigan wash the northern andeastern boundaries of Wisconsin, and numberless lesser waters are scatteredthrough the interior, and more abundantly over the north-western counties. Theshores of these lakes are often most picturesque in rich forest growth, and inrocky precipice. The waters are clear and full of delicious The Wisconsin University at Madison. Lake Winnebago, the largest of theinterior waters of Wisconsin, lies south-east of the middle of the-State. Itslength is about 28 miles, with a widthof 10 miles. The Fox or Neenah Riverunites it with Green Bay, an arm of LakeMichigan. A singular wall which might,in its regular formation, easily be sup-posed the work of art, instead of nature,follows the eastern shore of Winnebago for 15 miles. This wall rises throughall its extent about 5 feet above thesurface of the water, and sinks in placeshundreds of feet below. Steamboatsnavigate the lake. The Mississippi River forms muchof the western boundary of Wisconsin,separating it from Iowa and Minnesota,with which State and t
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