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good schools, hut in most of the towns without villages, the schools are 
sadly neglected. The principal roads are good; hut a great deal yet remains 
to make them what they should he; but the bridges compare well with the 
best in the state. 
The [town of Mequon, with its village of Thienville, is a thriving little 
place, and is a better wheat market than Milwaukee. Farming lands lying 
near it command from $80 to $100 per acre. 
The town and village of Cedarbnrg has 1,600 inhabitants; 4 churches, 1 
woolen mill, 2 grist mills, 1 sawmill, 3 quarries, and is the present terminus 
of the Northern Railroad. The woolen manufactory is celebrated for the 
fine quality of its cloths, and is not able to meet the demand for its goods. 
The villages of Hamilton, Grafton, Port Yalo, S-aukville, Waubega and 
Port Washington are all thriving, active, growing places. The latter is sit¬ 
uated on Lake Michigan, and is the county seat, and has 1,800 inhabitants. 
The government is building a harbor with a channel deep enough to admit 
vessels with seven feet draft. The commerce of this port for the last year 
was as follows: 
Received. —Merchandise, 400 tons; wheat, 35,000 bushels; flour, 7,000 bar¬ 
rels; rye, 50,000 bushels; barley, 60,000 bushels; pats, 50,000 bushels; pota¬ 
toes, 25,000 bushels; beans, 500 bushels; peas, 3,050 bushels; eggs, 200,000 
dozen; butter, 500,000 pounds. 
Shipped. —Wheat, 35,000 bushels; flour, 75,000 barrels; rye, 50,000 bush¬ 
els; barley, 60,000 bushels; oats, 45,000 bushels; potatoes, 24,000 bushels; 
beans, 500 bushels; peas, 3,050 bushels; eggs, 200,000 dozen; butter, 500,- 
000 pounds; hay, 500 tons; pork barrels, 1,000; sliooks, 10,000 packages. 
This is only what was shipped by lake, to parts, east, south and north* 
Shipments of wheat are generally made from this port direct to New York. 
PEPIN COUNTY. 
[From the Immigration Pamphlet of 1870.] 
Pepin lies in the northwestern part of the state, its western border being 
on the Mississippi at Lake Pepin. There are seven towns. It is well 
watered by the Chippewa river and its tributaries. Through it, and the 
Mississippi on the west, it finds an outlet for the products of its industry. 
This county contains 20,923 acres of improved land, at an average price 
per acre of $10; 78,539 acres of unimproved land, at aD verage price per 
acre of $2.50. There are 2,679 acres of state land in tliis county. 
There are six postoffices; twenty-six school houses; four church build¬ 
ings; four flouring mills; six saw mills; one woolen factory; two foundry 
and machine shops, and two other manufacturing establishments. Popula¬ 
tion of county, 4,659. There are two thriving villages; Durand, with a pop¬ 
ulation of over 700, and Pepin, with about 500 inhabitants. 
