Mineral Point tribune. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1854-1858, 1855-11-20
From the P.dla1a]pai, National 4,--a. 8 inst.
WISCONSIN ITS RISE AID pRGgRESS.

i WISCONSIN ITS RISE AID pRGggESS.
In the year 1886. | pitched nv tent AT
Mineral Point, one Of the principal nu
cleGses of the early settlements Of tde
Northwest, prior to which time West
Michigan was but sparseIy populated
I Agriculture occupied very limited atteu
ton mining. smelling. and their requj-
site vocatlonS, almost exclusively absorb
/ ed the industrial interests of tile people
of the lead mines subsequently. July
/ 4th, 1856, iscons' Territory. covering
/ the regions embraced by Iowa AMI Min
/ nesota, merged into existence, with to
tai population Gn 1887 OF about twelve
thousand Gncludipg the Oueiaa, Stock
! bridge aud Brothertown Indians. who en-.
! JOY the rights of civilized citizens nearly
seven thousand of which resided east Of
/ the Mississippi river. The State under
It's present limits, numbered in 1870, over
! three hundred and five thou>and. and
now 1875, it contains over FIVE buudred
and titty-tRo thousand Inhabitants q
Respectable iusrcase sre.~ed q ssa.
ment of a new country This rapid ia
tiux to me IS not at all surprising, for as
nature allotted portion Of our favored
country as an earthly Paradise, Niscon-
sin, with its fertility Of soil aud sa!ubritY
OF climate, Is emiuendy qualified in such
distinction, Viewing the country from
Milwaukee to the Mississippi, and upon
transverse line from JanesYiiie to Green
Bay, and from the latter point. to the
Falls Of st. Anthony. il Minnesota and
from the etninences Of the bluffs along
the Father of Waters southwark. an
observing tourist will ful that the State
throughout its whole extent, assumes one
gene- horizontal appearance no noun
tains or hills are here t. mar the beauties
OF the enchanting scene 0r disturb the
harmony Of its uudulated surface, save
a few isolated outlayers. the largest of
which are the Blue the Platte. and the
Sininewa Mounds. These NATURAL prom
Inences, (neither of which covers more
than two hdndred acresl are Of an irrer-
uiar, pyramidicll or conic;l form, and
aid gracefully in establishing the other
wise natural attractiveness OF the plain
They served as guides for the rowing
Aboriglnes-the red man aod the warrior
They still serve as majestic 'beacons" for
civilization and elevated lew hundred
feet above the gentle swcils Of the Prairie
observable at distances Of thirty mics or
III IRE. as they are viii ever remain as OBJ
jects of admiration in ali time - come
The diversified view from either of these
natural observatories is iudescribably
grand
After an absence of over twelve wears
from Wisconsin. [ was amazed. during a
recent visit, at the change time bad
wrought in its progress Milwaukee was
scarcely known other than prospectivcIy
she Is now rapidly acquiring Importance
as a great city, having q population Of
over thirty thousand. with immense com
merc.al business and business capacity:
her streets are sPacians, we'll GRADED, aud
paved, her public and business houses
and priya'e mansions are constructed
upon magnificent scales aud of tastv ar
cAitecture the brick used for buildiar
are Of a beautiful buff color and Of fue
texture, wAich gives to the whole city tAc
pleasing aspect, as | fancy it, of tall.
pritn Quakercss clothed ia plain. baE col
ofed 9arb
Madison, the second in population in
the State. now Numbers upwards Of eight
thousand six hundred inhabitants Tae
city, upon al isthmaS. OF more properly.
upon peninsula. between lakes 5Iand0.
ta and Menoua a boat three fJurths of
mile in width at its uarrowest point. Ia
an irregular uudulating surface though
/ Of easy and accessible grades in all di-
rections The ceutcr Park, or that one
in which the Capitol stands, is an almost
/ level plateau. elevated seventy feet above
the lakes, and nta;Hs about fifteen acres.
( Nature has studded Il with thrif-y forest
/ trees-art has tastefuliy adorned it w;th
graveod walks and gls lamps The
grounds. without the park. gradually DE-
scead. and again with geu,ls ascants from
numerous elevations. varying IN altitude
/ from thirty one hundred and twenty fve
/ feet. al rliIg maHv desirable sites for
villas University Park. containing over
/ fifty acres. Is the most prominent OF these
elevations. and from the college buildings
situated at the highest point, and from
many other promiuences aud public and
private obseaYat0ries. a view Of the city
/ It's public buildings, aud its numerous
prncely mansions, eIualiing in magniG-
cence those of our eastern cities Gustiy
emitting Madison to the provincial coz
|nomea of PALA9IA1 CITY, the sparkl.n
lakes, skirtej with every variety OF scene
ry the bluffs, the capes. the coves, the
prairies the ravines, the groves the meaI-
ows. and the vision eacompassel luxa
riauce-of the husbandman is sublime be
yond comparison Ia truth. ta9 gran
dear Of the scenery OF the Fourth Lake
country is equaled oaiy by that part ot
/ Hiiges' Panorama Of the Creation ami
/ Deluge representing the Garden 5i Eden.
with its lifeIil1e crystal lakes aul fora!
verdeur aud those wac have fsasto1 . p
on that Imaginative picture only can fan
cy the beauties herea5oats.
In the summer Of 1885. with a CON.
rade. | camped at the head Of Meudeta
or Fourth Lake. wisain six miles 3f the
spot where the capitol now stands, a;
which time there vas not, witbin twelte
miles of that point. a single white inhab
liant. and none wiCBia the present Hmit-
Of Dane county. al area Of twelve haa
dred and forty square miles ezcePtla-