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Mevasha, Wis.» Sept ’S!!, 1850. EDITOBa CoMADSRGIAi. ADVERTISER !-The day after date of my la4 letter at Man-: itouwoc, I started on horseback in company ' j with four choice spirits for this place, where !; I arrived on the sepood day. After leaving j :, Manitouwoc, the fipfet and only village passed through, is Jpnilpuwoc Rapids the county seat of Matiitouwoc oguntv, situated on the main river,* thQjtiflgg^fom ,the lake shore. This appearance and c people. It has from the largedown the river^rom the mills on the streams above, and from thence carried toIthe lake m scows or flat-fcoats. This place possesses a good ^-ater power, the first as von ascend the riier from its mouth; and although now used orfly to propel an old saw mill, will no [ioubt in a few years be more extensively 'used 1A plank road fe ivnr being built frun thencr to Manitousvlt;x\ and it is the interi- | lion to complete tlie same this season. Tin* next poir.l of any [importance is McAllister's r mills, si 1 an ted sc-vjn mill's from Manitmiw »lt;•,** on the north branfch of the Manitouw\»c riv-f er. Here is a gopd water power, two saw-^ milW witli three setts of saws, the founda-^ lion lid of a grUjt-mil], which will be completed next year,;une wagon-shop and one blacksmith's shop. This is a desirable interior pint, being On the plank road and surrounded by a* good farming country,which is bo^'uniqg to be some wliat improved.Eight miloa u *fcer on, we came to Maple Grove, most [beautiful location in the heart of a fine jtimber country. Here is ’ ‘ quite a settlement of thriving farmers. We
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Manitowoc County Herald
Manitowoc, Wisconsin, US
Sat, Dec 28, 1850
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