Gazetteer/Almanac
Headnote
Crawford County, Wn., c. h. at Prairie du Chien. In the N. angle between the Wisconsin and the Mississippi. The rivers afford excellent water power. Surface hilly; soil fertile along the borders of the streams. (Gazetteer of the United States of America, 1854)
CRAWFORD COUNTY, situated on the westerly boundary of Wisconsin, between Mississippi and Wisconsin rivers. Area, ------ square miles. Seat of justice Prairie du Chien. Pop. in 1834, 810; in 1840,1,502; in 1850, 2,498. (Fanning's, 1853)
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Commercial ice-boat begins operation in Wisconsin on the Upper Mississippi | Business/Industry |