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 BAD AX.--Population 4,823. From: Handbook of Wisconsin by S. Silas, 1855 pg. 48-48 This county is one of the Mississippi River Counties, is new, but sparsely settled, and has not yet attracted the attention of immigrants as much as it deserves. It is watered by the Kickapoo, Raccoon, and Bad Ax Rivers, and their numerous branches. These have many excellent water powers, and the great resources of this county remain yet to be developed. There are few counties in the State which should tempt the settler more than this, and notwithstanding its bad name it is a good country. It is to be hoped that in the future naming of the Counties of Wisconsin such unmeaning and uncouth names shall give place to more euphonious, either Indian, English or French, and that Bad Ax and Deaths Door may be the last of their kind. Excellent Pine is found on the Kickapoo River, and sufficient hard timber for use, is interspersed with prairie throughout the County. Viroqua, the County seat is in a grove of heavy timber; Springville, and Towerville have excellent flouring mills, and the whole County has taken a new start within a year past. Links and Resources: Cemeteries & Deaths
1901 County Maps - The Wisconsin county maps presented here were scanned in individually from the large Wisconsin map in the Rand McNally New Standard Atlas of the World, Rand, McNally & Co., Chicago, 1901. They should be of interest to genealogists because they show the locations of many places that no longer exist. Offsite link by Rick Hagen Current County Map, The Wisconsin Department of Transportation is pleased to provide highly detailed county maps online. Produced at a 1:100,000 scale the maps contain the following pieces of information: Major local road networks, Interstate corridors, U.S., state, and county routes, Recreation areas, Points of interest, Hospitals, Schools, Airports, Urban boundaries, Railroads, Town roads, Federal and state forest boundaries, Indian reservations, Township boundaries. See also: American History and Genealogy Project American Local History Network theBubbler.com - Wisconsin's Information Source About Us | What's New | Wisconsin Counties & Towns | Wisconsin Genealogy Resources Wisconsin Maps & Atlases | Military in Wisconsin | Education-Wisconsin Schools WI Native Americans | Great Lakes Marine and Shipping Contributors | How to Contribute *Records may contain dates previous to year listed. But prior to the year listed recording was sporatic. | ||||||
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