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W., C., M. & St. P., W. & M., Soo Line, and Ann Arbor. Most of 

 these roads p;iss through the county to the iron and copper coun- 

 tries where a half million people are engaged in mining. 



Mariuette has one of the best harbors on the Great Lakes, and 

 because of this water competition the railroads are forced to give 

 Marinette County points advantageous freight rates. 



Boats operating between Chicago and Marinette make the trip 

 in eighteen hours. 



Marinette County is in the upper eastern part of the state of 

 Wisconsin. The county seat and principal city of Marinette County 

 is Marinette, which is located upon the shore of Green Bay near 

 Lake Michigan, and on the south side of the great Menominee River. 



The second largest place in Marinette County is the incorporat- 

 ed city of Peshtigo with a population of about 2500. 



Some idea of the number of towns and cities in our county will 

 be gained from a list of them : Marinette, Peshtigo, Coleman, 

 Pound, Beaver, Loomis, Sunset, Harmony Corners, Bagley Jet., 

 Porterfield, Miles, Kinsman, Goll, Wagner, McAllister, Packard, 

 Crivitz, Konsted, Left Foot Lake, Middle Inlet, Peshtigo Harbor, 

 Wausaukee, Cedarville, Intervale, Athelstane, Girard Jet., Phillips- 

 burg, Dunbar, Amberg, Marek, Martindale, Beecher Lake, Holmes 

 Jet., Pembine, Van Horn and Niagara. 



New towns and settlements are springing up each year, and in 

 each case the lands in the vicinity of these towns and settlements 

 increase in price very rapidly. 



POPULATION. The population of Marinette County is in excess 



of 45,000, and is increasing steadily. Over half 



of these thrifty people are farmers or residents of the smaller 

 settlements. A great many of them have been residents of this 

 county but a very few years, coming here from great farming states 

 such as Indiana, Illinois and Iowa. Within the past few years 

 many of them have built up fine farms with modern buildings, and 

 are very comfortable, and in every way well pleased with this 

 country. 



The city of Marinette has a population of about 18,000. 



DESCRIPTION OF THE LAND. Tne lands are almost exclusive- 



ly hardwood lands with an 



occasional scattering of pine. The uplands or rolling lands are large- 

 ly a very rich clay loam yielding large crops. The level or lower 

 lands are a lighter sandy loam, rich and easity worked, and have 

 a clay subsoil. This lighter soil has made Marinette County famous 

 as a potato growing district, and also for the growth of other root 

 and garden products. 



A person standing on a high ridge on the shore of Green Bay 

 can look northwest thirty-six miles in a direct line and see the high 

 land known as the Thunder Mountain country, and twenty miles 



