Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, W.T. [i.e. Wis.]) 1843-1844, 1844-04-13
From the Madison City Express.
THE FOUNDRY LINE BETWEEN
WISCONSIN AND MICHIGAN

subject Of the boundary line between
our Territory and Michigan, and as a
bill will probably be passed at the
present session for the purpose Of defin-
ing our boundary, which at present is
left in vague uncertainty, we shall take
the liberty Of presenting TO our readers
the true state Of the case, in order that
they may anticipate an event which
must soon happen.
The present boundary line was cstab-
lished by ac! Of Goth April, 1886, and
is in the following words:
"Bounded on the east, by line
drawn from the northeast corner Of the
State of Illinois, through the middle
of Lake Michigan, TO point in The
middle of said lake, and opposite ,hc
main channel Of Green Bay, and
through said channel and Green Bay
to the mouth Of the Mcnomonec river;
thence through the middle Of the main
channel of said river, 10 that head OF
said river nearest TO the Lakc otthc
Desert; thence in direct line 10 HE
middle of said Lake; thence through
the middle of the rain channel Of the
Montreal river TO is mouth"
Congress by act ofl2th juno, lS3S,
directed survey 10 be made, to 0Scer-
tain and designate the boundary line
between the State OF Michigan aud
the Territory Of Wisconsin,. being the
line laid down by the act of2oth April,
1886.
Nothing was done towards carrying
into effect the provisions Of this law,
as the appropriation for that purpose
was altogether too limited TO be Of any
practical utility, and IS il had been
represented that the proposed line was
an impracticable ore.
A second act, on this subject, passed
Congress on the 2oih Jaly, ls4o, and
more liberal appropriation was made
to carry on the work. Capt. Cram oil
the Typographical Engineers were or
dered to make the necessary surveys
and observations, who commenced OPP
pcrations in the fall Of 1910, a, ''that
head Of said river (Menomonee) near
est to the Lake Of The Desert"
He found the "head OF said river
nearest to the Lake of the Desert" TO
be Lac Brule the source of the Brn'e
river; and from the southern shore oi
this Lake he run "direct line TO the
Lake of the Desert, or Lac Vicux Des-
ert, distance Of about l 5 miles. Fin
ding the Lake of the Desert discharged
itself through the Wisconsin, and not
Through the Montreal, as his instruc-
tons led him to suppose TO be the case,
he closed the campaign for the season,
being unable to prosecute the work
without further instructions, and an
other appropriation. In lS4l an adj
di,ional sum was appropriated by Con-
gress, and Capt. Cram took the field IN
the early part of the month ofJune.-
His whole force proceeded in canoes
to Lac Brule where it was divided in
to two parties. One party proceeded
to Lac Vieux Desert, and ran line
from the termination of The line of The
proceeding year, TO stream rising a.
bout eight miles to the northwest o.
the lake, which stream, they were told
by their Indian guide was the Alon,re.
al river. They ran a line along the
river nearly, or down TO lis mouth be-
fore they were aware that they had
been misinformed by thci. guide; ana
learned for the frs. time that they
were on the Ontonagon river, about
fifty miles east Of the Montreal. They
Immediately proceeded 70 The Mon.
ireal, and on arriving there, found !
third party had commenced running
up the river expecting to meet them al
or near the source OF the river; they
passed this party and commenced ;
new line from the source ofthe Mon,
treal, which line they closed at tht
northern termination Of the line o.
1910.
Meanwhile, the second party, com
mencing at the southern terminous o
The line Of lS4o, ran down the BruIt
10 its intersection with the Menomo
nee. distance of about so miles
thence down said river TO the n L
corner Of township 81 range 81 east
being the north eastern termination o.
The public surveys in Wisconsin, and
being about two miles south Of the
white Rapids" These survey:
were completed by the month Of Au.
gust.
The country along the Brute is al.
ms, worthless: very lille cf The