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Copy of Fox and Wisconsin Rivers, Wisc., Water Routes from the Mississippi to the Lakes by Maj. D.C. Houston, Corps of Engineers, U.S.A.
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This manuscript map on tracing paper shows the Fox and Wisconsin rivers' water path from the Mississippi River to Green Bay on Lake Michigan. The map also shows the railroads, counties, cities and villages, bridges, rivers, and lakes near the path of the two rivers. A mounted label under the title states, "Wisconsin Geological Survey, I.A. Lapham, chief."
February 1873
Houston, D. C. (David Crawford), 1835-1893 (surveyor)
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