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)

Place Unit Type
County
Containing Unit
Wisconsin

Crawford County, Wisconsin (Hayward)

Gazetteer/Almanac
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.
John Hayward, Gazetteer of the United States of America… (Philadelphia: James L. Gihon, 1854), 343.

Crawford County, Wisconsin (Fanning's, 1853)

Gazetteer/Almanac
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 Illustrated Gazetteer of the United States.... (New York: Phelps, Fanning & Co., 1853), 96.
Date Type
Commercial ice-boat begins operation in Wisconsin on the Upper Mississippi Business/Industry
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