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and iuterspei'sed throughout are to be found the asli, ehn, hickory, black walnut, 

 butter-nut, cherry, basvvood or hnden, and ironwood tree. Blackberries abound 

 in great abundance, and some grapes are found. This description will generally 

 apply to all the groves of timber in this county. 



There are from twelve to fifteen prairies in this county, the most of which are 

 small or of moderate size, and all are of great beauty and fertility. The most 

 noted are Spring, Gardiner's, Bigfoot, and Turtle prairies. The eastern portions of 

 Rock and Jefierson prairies, also lie within the limits of this county. A more 

 uniform or desirable variety of prairie, timber and openings, cannot probably bo 

 found, than is presented in this county ; and it is generally well watered. 



Villages, Mills, Indian Mounds, &c. — There are five principal villages in 

 this county : Geneva, in the south-east ; Delavan, in the south-west ; Whitewater, 

 in the north-west; East Troy, in the northeast; and Elkhorn, in the centre — 

 wliich latter is the county seat. The three former have a population of about 700 

 each, and the two latter about 300. All, except Elkhorn, have a good and im- 

 proved water-power ; and at that place a steam flouring mill has just been erected. 



There are numerous mill sites in Walworth County, most of which are im- 

 proved, affording an abundant supply of water-power for the wants of the 

 inhabitants. There are numerous grist, flouring and saw mills, throughout the 

 county, and a few carding machines and clothing works. A small woollen fac- 

 tory is in process of erection a little below Geneva village. At Whitewater there 

 is a machine shop and numerous turning lathes, and other small machinery are 

 in operation in different parts of the county. 



Some Indian mounds, or earth works, are to be found in Geneva village, and 

 in other localities around Geneva Lake. At the above place, are circular mounds, 

 longitudinal embankments, and two specimens of earthwork in the form of 

 lizards, each forty feet long. On a hill between Geneva ^ay and Duck Lake, a 

 little east of the road leading to Delavan, may be seen an earthwork in the form 

 of an Indian's bow and arrow. The arch of the bow is about fifty feet, and the 

 arrow lies across it, pointing towards the bay. Arrow-heads and stone axes, have 

 been frequently found, A fine specimen of the latter, and also of chain coral, found 

 in this county, have been deposited in the cabinet of the Wisconsin University. 



Agricultitral Products, Dairy and Grasses. — Wheat growing has hitherto 

 been the chief business of the farmers of Walworth County. But the recent 

 failures in this crop, and the low price it has brought in market for the two past 

 seasons, have shaken their confidence in it as a leading pursuit; and they are 

 now anxiously engaged in the inquiry as to a change in their course of hus- 

 bandry, and what offers the fairest chances of success. Intelligent farmers are 

 convinced that they have devoted themselves too exclusively to this branch of 

 agriculture, and that they have not l:)een sufficiently careful to pursue those means 

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