Preface, p. 5

3.

Preface.

Nine years have passed since the publication of the second edition of this work, during which very important changes have occurred in regard to the country which it professes briefly to describe; the greatest of which, perhaps in the adoption of a State Constitution & the incorporation of Wisconsin into the great family of states constituting the United States of America. During this time the public surveys have been extended; numerous surveys for railroads, plank roads and for other improvements have been made; a general geological reconnaissance of the state has been completed, and a more minute and detailed survey commenced; so that a large amount of information has been collected and it is the object of this edition of the present work to collate condense so many of these newly ascertained facts, as seem to be useful.