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L'EAU GALLA, River, in St. Croix county, runs southeast, and empties into Chippewa river, in Chippewa county.

L'EAU CLARE, or O'CLARE River, in Chippewa county, a branch of Chippewa river from the west, in town 27 N.. of range 9 W.

LEBANON, Town, in county of Dodge, being town 9, of range 16 W.; centrally located, 12 miles southeast from Juneau. The population in 1850 was 1,031. It has 7 school districts. LELAND'S MILL, P. O., in town of Honey Creek, Sauk county. LEMONWIER, Town, in county of Sauk; centrally located, northwest from Baraboo. It has 3 school districts.

LEMONWIER, River, rises in La Crosse county, and runs southeast through Adams, emptying into the Wisconsin in town 15 N., range 5 E.

LEON, is the name of a new town in county of La Crosse.

LEROY, Town, in county of Dodge, being town 13 N., of range 16 E.; centrally located, 12 miles northeast from Juneau. The population in 1850 was 397. It has 4 school districts.

LEROYS, Town, in county of St. Croix.

LEWISTON, Town, in county of Columbia. It was set off by the County Board in November 1852.

LEWISTON, V., (BEAVER CREEK P. O.) in Columbia county, on section 2k, town 13 N., of range 8 E. It is 45 miles northwest from Madison, and 7 miles northwest from Fort Winnebago. Population 350; 50 dwellings, 1 hotel, 5 stores, 1 Lutheran congregation. It is situated on the road from Portage city to Stevens' Point, in a good farming country, and well supplied with water and timber.

LEYDEN, P. V., in town of Janesville, Rock county.

LIBERTY, (recently the north half of Highland), Town, in county

of Grant, being town 5 N., of range 2 W.; centrally located, 8 miles northeast from Lancaster.

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LIBERTY, P. V., on section 25, Kenosha county, in town of Salem, 16 miles southwest from Kenosha, and 110 southeast from Madison, on the Racine and Wilmot plank road. It has 60 inhabitants, 10 dwellings, 2 hotels, 2 religious denominations, and several mechanics.

LIBERTY Prairie, Dane county, 2 miles south from Deerfield P.O.

LIMA, Town, in county of Sheboygan, being town 14 N., of range

22 E.; centrally located, 6 miles southwest from Sheboygan. It has 9 school districts. The soil is composed of sand and clay, and when properly tilled is very productive.

LIMA, Town, in county of Grant, being town 4 N., of range 1 W.; centrally located, 12 miles east from Lancaster. It has 8 school districts.

LIMA, P. O., in town of same name, Rock county, on town 4 N., of range 14 E.

LIMA, Town, in county of Rock, being town 4 N., of range 14 E.; centrally located, 13 miles northeast from Janesville. Population in 1850 was 839. It has 9 school districts.

LIND, Town, in county of Waupacca, being town 21 N., of range 12 E.; centrally located, 15 miles from Mukwa. It abounds. in prairie, timber and water, and is fast being settled by an agricultural population.

LIND, P. V., in county of Waupacca, town of same name, on section 22, town 21 N., of range 12 E., 15 miles from Mukwa, and 100 miles north from Madison. Population 500; 100 dwellings.

LINDEN, Town, in county of Iowa.

LINDEN, P. V., in town of same name, Iowa county, 6 miles from Mineral Point. It contains 200 inhabitants, mostly miners. The country is well adapted to agriculture.

LINN, Town, in county of Walworth, being town 1 N., of range 17 E.; centrally located, 8 miles southeast from Elkhorn. Population in 1850 was 805. It has 7 school districts. LISBON, Town, in county of Waukesha, being town 8 N., of range 19 E.; centrally located, 10 miles north from Waukesha. The population in 1850 was 1,010. It has 8 school districts. LITTLE BARABOO, Creek, rises in Richland, and runs southeast into the Baraboo river, near the centre of town 13 N., of range 3 E.

LITTLE BUTTE DES MORTS, Lake, an expansion of the Lower Fox just below the outlet of Lake Winnebago, it is nearly 5 miles long, and 1 mile broad.

LITTLLE CHUTE, P. V., Outagamie county, 5 miles below Appleton, on Fox river.

LITTLE CHUTE, Rapids, of the Neenah river, 4 miles above Grand Kaukalin, with a fall of 31 feet in a distance of about 9,000 feet.

LITTLE ENINANDIGO, River, a tributary from the north of St. Croix river.

LITTLE GREEN, Lake, Marquette county, in southwest corner of

Green Lake. It is two miles long and nearly one in width, and forms a tributary to Grand River. It is 4 miles south of Green Lake, and is noted for the purity of its water.

LITTLE KAUKAULIN, Rapids, is on the Neenah river, 5 miles above Depere, at which place the navigation has been improved by a dam.

LITTLE OTTER, Creek, a small tributary from the west of Peckatonnica, into which it empties in the town of Centre, Lafayette county.

LITTLE PRAIRIE, P. O., in town of Troy, Walworth county. LITTLE PLATTE, River, rises in Clifton, Grant county, and runs southwest, emptying into Platte river, in Paris.

LITTLE PLOVER, River, a tributary from the northeast, entering the Wisconsin at Plover.

LITTLE QUINNESEC, Falls, of the Menominee river, at which place is a fall of 35 feet in an extent of 250 feet. At these Falls the river is contracted to 85 feet in width.

LITTLE ROCHE-A-GRIS, River, in east part of Adams county, runs west into the Wisconsin, in town 17 N.

LITTLE, River, is a considerable tributary from the north of Oconto river.

LITTLE STURGEON, Bay, on east shore of Green Bay, in Door county, near line between towns 27 and 28 N.

LITTLE SUAMICO, River, rises in range 18, and runs east, in town 26, entering Lake Michigan.

LITTLE SUGAR, Creek, rises in the northwest corner of Green county, and running southeast into Sugar River at Albany. LITTLE TAIL, Pointe, name given to a point of land extending into Green Bay from the west, near the line between Brown and Oconto counties.

LITTLE WISCONSIN, River, a tributary from the northeast of the Wisconsin, in Marathon county.

LITTLE WOLF, River, a tributary of Wolf river, from the west, which it enters near the line between Outagamie and Waupacca counties.

LODI, Town, in county of Columbia, being town 10 N., of ranges 8 and 9; centrally located, 12 miles south from Portage city. It has 3 school districts. The soil is well adapted to farming and raising of stock; the surface is rolling.

LODI, P. V., on section 27, town 10 N., of range 8 E., in town of same name, Columbia county. It is 16 miles south from Fort Winnebago, 20 miles northwest from Madison, and 4 miles from the head of Spring Creek. Population 150; 20 dwellings, 4 stores, 2 hotels, 2 flouring mills, 1 saw mill, 1 shoe, blacksmith, waggon, chair, cooper and harness shops; and Presby terian, Baptist, and Methodist organizations.

LOMIRA LAKE, P. O., in town of Lomira, Dodge county, being town 13 N., of range 17 E.

LONG, Lake, a small Lake in the east part of Osceola, Fond du Lac county, is two and one half miles long, and is the source of the Milwaukee river.

LONG TAIL, Pointe, name given to a point of land extending into Green Bay from the west, in town 25 N., of range 20 E., in Brown county.

LOST, Lake, a small lake in the north part of Calamus, Dodge county.

LOUISA, Town, in the county of Dodge, being town 13 N., of range 17; centrally located, 14 miles northeast from Juneau, The population in 1850 was 653. It has 8 school districts. LOWELL, Town, in county of Dodge, being town 10 N., of range 14 E.; centrally located, 12 miles southwest from Juneau. The population in 1850 was 835. It has 8 school districts. LOWELL, P. V., Dodge county, on section 15 of town of same name, located 8 miles southwest from Juneau, and 38 miles. northeast from Madison. It is on Beaver Dam river, 10 miles south from Beaver Dam. Population 200; 35 dwellings, 2 stores, 2 hotels, 1 saw, 1 grist mill; and Baptist and Methodist denominations.

LOWVILLE, Town, in county of Columbia, being town 11 N., of range 10 E. Population in 1850 was 297. It has 4 school districts.

LOWVILLE, P. V., on section 32 of town of same name, 14 miles south east from Portage city, and 22 miles north from Madison, on the stage route from Madison to Fort Winnebago; also on the nearest and best road from Madison to Stevens' Point and the Wisconsin Pinery. It is in a region of first rate improved farms. Population 40; 7 dwellings, 1 hotel, 1 school house; and Baptist, Methodist, and Presbyterian congregations.

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