BEM, P. O., in Greene county.

BENTON, Creek, rises in town 23, range 23 E., Kewaunee county, runs southerly, emptying into the west Twin River in Manitowoc county.

BERLIN, Town, in county of Marquette, being township 17 N., of range 13 E. It has 9 school districts.

BERRY, Town, in the county of Dane, being township 8 N., of range 7 E. It is 15 miles northwest from Madison.

BERRY, P.O., in town of same name, Dane county, on section 29, town 8 N., range 7 E.

BIG BEND, P. O. in southern part of Waukesha county.

BIG, Creek, a small tributary from the southeast of Black River, in La Crosse county, into which it empties, in town 19 N., range 5 W.

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BIG PLOVER, River, is a tributary from the northeast of the Wisconsin, which it enters between Plover and Stevens' Point.

BIG, Prairie, Waushara county, is a crescent shaped prairie in the eastern part of the town of Oasis, town 20 N., of range 8 E. Its greatest length is six miles, and extreme width three miles. It contains about 15,000 acres of land.

BIG QUINNESEC, Falls, are rapids in the Menominee river, about one and a half miles in length, in which distance the fall is 134 feet. This distance is divided into four chutes, at the lowest of which the river dashes over a perpendicular fall of rocks forty feet in height.

BIG SUAMICO, River, rises in Oconto county, and runs east, through township 25, emptying into Green Bay from the west.

BILLING'S, Creek, in Bad Ax county, is a branch of the Kickapoo river.

BIRCH, Lake, on Red Cedar river, between Sketch and Pine lakes. BIRD'S RUIN, see Hanchettville P. O.

BLACK, Creek, Sheboygan county, rises in the southwest part of town 13, range 23 E., and runs north easterly to the northeast corner of the town of Wilson, where it falls into Lake Michigan.

BLACK, Creek, is a small tributary, from the west of Fox River, which it enters near the line between towns 16 and 17, in Marquette county.

BLACK, Creek, rises near the N. E. corner of Outagamie county, and runs southwesterly, uniting with the outlet of White Lake, and falls into Wolf river, in the town of Ellington.

BLACK EARTH, Town, (formerly Farmer'sville) in county of Dane, being township No. 8 N., range 6 E., located 20 miles from Madison. It has 3 school districts.

BLACK EARTH, P. V., Dane county, in town of same name, on section 26, town 8 N., range 6 E., 21 miles nearly west from Madison. Population 75; 15 dwellings, 1 store, 1 hotel and a good flouring mill. It is situated in the fertile valley of the Black Earth creek, 9 miles above its entrance into the Wisconsin. This village was laid out in 1850, and has a good water power.

BLACK EARTH, River, rises in Middleton, in Dane county, and runs N. W., entering the Wisconsin at Arena, in Iowa county.

BLACK, River, (Sappah,) rises in Marathon county, and runs south west, entering the Mississippi, in La Crosse county, about half way between La Crosse and Trempeleau rivers. It is navigable to the Falls, to which place it maintains a width of 200 yards.

BLACK RIVER, Falls, are about 50 miles from the mouth of the Black River, in Jackson county, at which place the stream is about 200 yards wide, and falls 22 feet in the distance of 100 yards.

BLACK RIVER FALLS, P. V., on Black river, in Jackson county town 21 N., range 4 W.

BLACK RIVER PINERY, is on Black river, and its tributaries mostly in La Crosse and Jackson counties. The amount of lumber manufactured in this section, aside from square timber, lath, and shingles, is shown by the following estimate:

BLACK WOLF, P.O., in town of same name, Winnebago county.

BLACK WOLF, Town, in county of Winnebago, being township 17 N., of range 17 E.; located 18 miles northwest from Oshkosh, the county seat. It has 3 school districts.

BLAKE's, Prairie, is a large prairie, in range 5 W., in Grant county.

BLOCK HOUSE, Creek, a branch from the east of Little Platte river, in Smeltzer, Grant county.

BLOOMFIELD, Town, in the county of Walworth, being township 1 N., of range 18 E.; located 13 miles southeast from Elkhorn, the county seat. The population in 1850 was 879. It has 6 school districts.

BLOOMFIELD, P. V., in Walworth county, on section 35, of town of same name, (town 1 N., range 18 E.,) 18 miles southeast from Elkhorn and 80 miles southeast from Madison, on the Nippissing creek, with a good water fall.

BLOOMINGDALE, P. V., in town of Omro, Winnebago county, being in town 18 N., range 15 E.

BLOOMINGDALE, Town, see Omro.

BLOOMING GROVE, Town, in the county of Dane, being township

7 N., of range 10 E.; located 4 miles east from Madison, the county seat. Population in 1850 was 291. It has 6 school districts.

BLUE MOUNDS, P. O., at the oldest settlement of Dane county, in town of same name, on section 5, town 6, range 6 E., 25 miles northeast from Mineral Point; and is the same distance west from Madison, on the great stage route and thoroughfare from the Mississippi to Milwaukee, via Madison. It was first settled in 1828, by Ebenezer Brigham, who made a valuable discovery of mineral at this place in that year.

BLUE MOUNDS, two conical shaped hills, the one in Iowa, the other in Dane county; 12 miles south from the Wisconsin river, and 25 miles west from Madison. The top of one of these mounds is 1001 feet above the level of the Wisconsin river at Helena, and is the highest point in the State.

BLUE MOUND, Creek, rises near the Blue Mounds in Dane county, and runs northwest, uniting with the Black Earth river in the town of Arena, Iowa county.

BLUE MOUNDS, Town, in county of Dane, being township 6 N., of range 6 E; located 21 miles west from Madison. It has 5 school districts.

BLUE RIVER, P. O., in Iowa county.

BLUE, River, rises in Highland, Iowa county, and runs northwest into the Wisconsin river, in the town of Fennimore, Grant county.

BLUE RIVER, Diggings, a mining point at section 24, town 6 N., of range 1 W., in Grant county.

BLUFF, P. O., in town of Kingston, Sauk county, in town 10 N., of range 6 E.

BLUFFTON, P. V., in Marquette county, being town 16 N., of range 13 E., on section 7. It is located 3 miles northwest from

Dartford, 54 miles north and 18 miles east from Madison. It is at the head of navigation on the Pukyaun river, the main east branch of the Upper Fox. The rapids afford a fine water power. It has 1 hotel, 1 mill, and a congregational and methodist denomination. The roads from Sheboygan to La Crosse, from Green Bay to Fort Winnebago, and from Oshkosh to the Upper Fox River, all cross the rapids at this place.

BOILING, Creek, is a small stream in the town of Black Earth, Dane county, emptying into the Wisconsin.

BOIS BRULE, River, (Burnt Wood,) a tributary of Lake Superior,

into which it enters, about 20 miles east from Fond du Lac bay. It rises near the Upper St. Croix lake, and is nearly 100 miles in length.

BOIS, Creek, a branch of Grant river, from the east, in the town of Potosi, Grant county.

Bois, Prairie, a long and narrow prairie, extending from Lancaster nearly to Potosi in Grant county.

BONNER'S, Creek, rises near Belmont, Lafayette county, and runs east into the Pekatonica, in the town of Willow Springs. BOOтн, Lake, is a small lake on the line between the towns of Troy and East Troy, Walworth county.

BOTHELLE, P. V., in Fond du Lac county, on section 7, in the

town of Eldorado, being town 16 N., of range 16 E., 15 miles northwest from the city of Fond du Lac, and 70 miles northeast from Madison.

BOYD's, Creek, a small stream entering the Wisconsin, in town 7 N., of range 4 W., in Crawford county.

BRADFORD, Town, in county of Rock, being township No. 2 N.,

of range 14 E., located 12 miles east from Janesville, the county seat. The population in 1850 was 703. It has 8 school districts.