266 Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts, and Letters. 
been questioned. But in 1860 secession came too late. The 
Northwest was crossed and re-crossed by an intricate entangle¬ 
ment of tracks. 2 3 Railways touched its boundary rivers every 
few miles from Pittsburg to La Crosse: Wellsville, Steuben¬ 
ville, Bellaire, Marietta, Ironton, Portsmouth, Cincinnati, 
Lawrenceburgh, Madison, Jeffersonville, New Albany, Evans- 
2 In its annual summary for Jan. 1, 1861, The American Railroad 
Journal gives the following totals: 
Ohio . 2,670.53 
Indiana . 2,058.17 
Illinois . 2,924.60 
Michigan . 807.30 
Wisconsin . 902.09 
Total . 9,362.69 
