CHAPTER II. 



J o D A V I E S S C O UX T Y. 



This large and important county is situated iu the extreme north- 

 west comer of the State. It is bounded on the north by the State of 

 Wisconsin; on the cast by Stephenson county, in the State of Illinois; 

 on the south by Carroll county : and on the west by the Mississippi river. 

 From north to south it extends twenty-one miles ; from east to west, 

 along the south line twenty miles, and along- the north line thirty-six 

 miles. It is divided into twenty-one political townships, not always cor- 

 responding in size or shape with government surveyed townships. These 

 arc named respectively, commencing and following the order in which 

 the sections of a regular township are numbered, as follows : Courtlaud, 

 Apple Iiiver, Scales' Mound, Council Hill. Vinegar Hill, Menomone, 

 Dunleith, West Galena. East Galena, Guilford, Thompson, Rush, Xora, 

 Ward's Grove, Stockton. Woodbine. Elizabeth, Eice, Hanover, Derinda, 

 Pleasant Valley, and Berreman. These contain, in all, about five hun- 

 dred arrd eighty-nine square miles or sections of laud. 



Physical Furfures and Configuration. 



These are more diversified and interesting than are to be met with iu 

 any other county in this part of our State. The whole county is a part 

 of the side of an extensive watershed, with a slope to the south-west. 

 The county is excellently well watered. All the streams flow in nearly 

 the same direction: from the north-east to the south-west. The princi- 

 pal of these streams, commencing at the eastern part of the county and 

 going westward, are: Plum river. Camp creek, Rush creek, Apple river, 

 Small-pox creek. Galena or Fever river, Sinsinnewa river, Little Meuom- 

 one and Big Menomone rivers. Apple river and Fever river are consid- 

 erable streams; the latter, in high stages of water in the Mississippi 

 river, will float the largest steamers from that river to the city of Ga- 

 lena. Most of the others allord abundant mill sites for light mills and 

 manufactories. At Hanover, on Apple river, there is quite a heavy 

 power used, for the purpose of driving the machinery in an extensive 



