Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, W.T. [i.e. Wis.]) 1843-1844, 1843-12-23

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hound the waters edge as Al, index To
the whole. and he hooks upon and re-
lporls the country in the same manner
as did the mariner WIN passed dawn
1.-The east cnss, of Lake M,cnigan. and
from this view of the coast. has pro-
nonnced the whole of the lower pen
Ursula of Michigan mere heap of sand.
I'VE should. however, endeavor to
view these n.ere coast examinations as
lgiving no clue TO The real character ot
the country. and as citizens OF NhchI-
gan, should bear IN MUD the unfm,nd
ed pr-iud,crs WI ch have been hereto
fore thrown over The lower peninsula.
since the time when the commissions
erS To locate military bounty lands fell
upon an extensive mar>h ia the south
ca>ierly corner of this County, and
from tins. reported The whole Ia br an
uninhabitable marsh: and we should
recoliert that though many years have
elapsed since iha, report. and that th"n-
sands upon thousands have examined
our beautiful peninsula and contradict
Ell The report, ,ha, there are never'he-
less many of the Inhabitants Of our Sis
ter States VIII" are vet laboring under
these uniound-d prciudic-s Pr.jn-
does equally strong. even among our
own people. and equally unt"un'ed,
are now existing ~ relation To that
portion If our State bordering upon
Like Superior
lie sail thai as he was addressing
the riiiz.ns OF Michigan. he would IN
the first in>ianre contine his remarks
To thai portion of the State. known as
the | PIPER Peninsula. or that portion
of the country extending from the
"as,erlv extremity Of Drunmond's
Island la he westerly boundary ofthe
S:a'e, al Montreal river. u distance
which IN ,ilreci line might he tsiIm-
aied u, $40 mi es The westerly bonn
Diary of The State. FROM The mouth "f
the Montreal river of Lake Superior.
10 The mouth Of The M-nnninee river
Of Green Bay. nigh, he estimated al
$50 riIcs. aud The entire area al The
Upper Peninsula. including the islands
of Sic M,rn's river. together wnh the
islands "f Lake superior Like Mich
IGN and Green Bay. adj cent TO thai
district. night he estimate d I" contain
hi, u fraction less than 10000 square
miles. We have then within our own
State, living south Of Lake Superior.
and ,.orth from Green Bay aud lake
Michigan. district Of country nearly
eonallln. in area the entire States of
New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and
Connecticut, and possessing soil and
climate fully equal if no, superior TO
that of the three States here mention
ed.
For the purpose Of description he
would divide the Upper Peninsula in
to three parts:
lst That country lying east of a line
drawn due south from Tcquamenon
Bav, about l2 miles west from the
foot of Lake Superior, TO Lake
ed. A that district Of country lying
west of the line Just mentioned, TO
line drawn south from the mouth OF
Chocolate river, about l20 miles
westerly from Tequamenon Bay, TO
Green Bay.
81. All thai country lying westerly
between The line last mentioned and
the boundary between Michigan and
Wisconsin
In speaking of this country he said
that as a matter of course the present!
ncras;"n would only admit of very
general reference II IT, and that all the
minor details would be avoided
The first district Of country men
TONED, or that lying easierly from Te-
quimennn Bay, has a length OF nearly
seventy miles, and its grest,si width IS
,hirtv-six miles, though much Of II IS
scarcely twenty mile. wide. He re-
gried this in every respect as the
most unpromising portion of the UP
per Peninsula Over much of this
district the rocks rise nearly 10 the
surface. and having but slight dip TO
1.-The south The waters are retained giving
rise to irreclaiHable and extensive
marshes, which are separated from
each other, by long and narrow ridges
# sand. for the most part spsrsely tim
herd with yellow pine. The winter
lirail from Markinac 10 SAui Sic Ma