FRENCH, Creek, a branch from the east of Little Platte river, in the towns of Paris and Smeltzer.

FRIENDSHIP, Town, in county of Fond du Lac, being town 16 N.,

of range 17 E. The population is 415. It has 5 school districts. FRIENDSHIP, Town, in county of Fond du Lac, being town 16 N., of range 17 E; centrally located, 6 miles north from Fond du Lac city.

FULTON, P. V., in town of same name, Rock county, on section 7, town 4 N., of range 12 E.

FULTON, Town, in county of Rock, being town 4 N., of range 12 E.; centrally located, 10 miles north from Janesville. The population in 1850 was 1828. It has 7 school districts.

GARLICK, Island, in Lake Winnebago, near its west shore. GAUCHE, River, enters Fond du Lac Bay, (Lake Superior,) near St. Louis river, in La Pointe county.

GENESEE, Town, in county of Waukesha, being town 6 N.,

of range

18 E.; centrally located, 8 miles from Waukesha, the county seat. The population in 1850 was 1,290. It has 9 school districts.

GENESEE, P. V., Waukesha county, in town of same name, being town 6 N., of range 18 E., 8 miles west southwest from Waukesha, and 66 miles east from Madison. It is one mile south of the depot on the M. & M. R. R. It has 160 inhabitants, 30 dwellings, 1 store, 1 hotel, 1 new congregational church, 1 flouring mill, 1 saw mill, 1 woollen factory. It is beautifully situated on White creek, which fal's 76 feet in one mile, and is used for three separate powers of 20, 22 and 22 feet each.

GENESEE, Farm, residence of the Hon. E. W. Edgerton, in town of Summit, Waukesha.

GENESEE, Lake, forms the head waters of Battle creek, and is

located one mile south of the centre of the town of Summit, Waukesha county.

GENEVA, Town, in county of Walworth, being town 2 N., of range 17 E.; centrally located, 5 miles southeast from Elkhorn. The population in 1850 was 1533. It has 8 school districts. GENEVA, P. V., in town of same name, in Walworth county, being on sectian 36, at the northeast extremity of Lake Ge

neva.

GENEVA BAY, P. O., in town of Geneva, Walworth county. GENEVA, Creek, has its source in Geneva Lake, Walworth county, and running northeasterly enters Peckatonnica at Burlington, Racine county.

GENEVA, Lake, is in the southern part of Walworth county, 8 miles long, with a mean breadth of 1 mile. It is supplied mostly from springs, and discharges its waters into the Pishtaka river, through Geneva creek.

GENOA, P. V., in town of Geneva, Walworth county, being town 2 N., of range 17 E.

GENTHER'S, Creek, a branch from the north of Chippewa river, Chippewa county.

GERMANTOWN, Town, in county of Washington, being town 9 N.;

of range 20 E.; centrally located, 18 miles south west from Ozaukee, the county seat. The population in 1850 was 1,722. It has 10 school districts.

GIBBSVILLE, P. O., in Sheboygan county, on section 26, town 14 N., of range 22 E.; 9 miles southwest from Sheboygan, and 100 miles northeast from Madison. It is on the road from Milwaukee, 50 miles; to Green Bay, 65 miles. It was first settled by three brothers, whose name it bears, in 1836. GIBRALTER, Creek, a small stream entering Green Bay, in the northeast corner of Brown county.

GIBSON, Creek, is a small tributary from the north of Baraboo river, which it enters three miles above Baraboo village.

GILBERT'S MILLS, on Red Cedar river, in Chippewa county, town 28 N., of range 13 W.

GOLDEN, Lake, is on the line between Jefferson and Waukesha counties, 3 miles in circumference, and discharges its waters through Duck creek into Bark river.

GOOD HOPE, P. V., in county of Milwaukee, on section 8, town 8 N., of range 22 E.

GRAFTON, P. V., in town of same name, county of Washington. GRAFTON, Town, in county of Washington, being town 10 N., of range 22 E., and east tier of sections of town 10 N., range 21 E.; centrally located, 6 miles southwest from Ozaukee. The population in 1850 was 626. It has 6 school districts.

GRAND ROCHE-A-GRIS, Creek, empties into the Wisconsin in range 5 N., Crawford county.

GRAND CHUTE, Town, in county of Outagamie, being town 21 N., of range 17 E.; centrally located, 3 miles northwest from Grand Chute, the county seat. It has 6 school districts. GRAND CHUTE, Rapids, of the Neenah river, 7 miles below Win nebago Rapids, with a fall of 30 in 8525 feet.

Grand Kakalin, Rapids, of Neenah river, with a fall of 44 feet in a distance less than 9,000 feet. These rapids are 9 miles; below Grand Chute.

GRAND MARSH, P. O., in Columbia county.

GRAND PRAIRIE, P. O., in town of Middleton, Marquette county, being on section 35, in town 15 N., of range 12 E.

GRAND, Rapids, are shoals of the Menominee river, about 2 miles. in length, below White Rapids.

GRAND, Rapids, town in county of Portage.

GRAND RAPIDS, P. V., in county of Portage, being on section 17, town 22 N., of range 6, in town of same name. It is 16 miles southwest from Plover, county seat, and 115 miles northwest from Madison. Population 400; 30 dwellings, 3 stores, 3 hotels, 4 saw mills, 1 Catholic church. It possesses the best water power in the State, abounding with springs of pure soft water. Lumber and shingles have been the chief products,

although some attention has been paid to farming. There is plenty of government land in the vicinity, and timber enough to la-t for years. Iron ore is found. Most of the buildings have been erected within two years.

GRAND, River, rises in the western portion of Fond du Lac county,

and running near the line between towns 14 and 15 N., enters the Neenah about a mile above the head of Apuckaway lake. GRAND SPRINGS, name given to large springs in Montrose, Dane county, emptying into Sugar river.

GRAND SPRINGS, P. V., in Dane county, on section 25, town 5 N., of range 8 E.; 16 miles sou hwest from Ma lison. Its general location and advantages are good, being on the outlet of large springs emptying into Sugar river, and in a good farming region. It has 109 inhabitants, 25 dwellings, 1 store, 1 hotel, 1 mill, 1 manufactory, and 1 religious denomination.

GRANT, County, is bounded on the northwest and north by the Wisconsin river, which separates it from Crawford and Richland, on the east by Iowa and Lafayette, on the south by the northern line of the State of Illinois, and on the southwest by the State of Iowa, from which it is separated by the Mississippi river. It was set off from Iowa, and fully organized by an act approved Dec. 7, 1836. The eastern boundary extends north, on the 4th principal meridian, about 50 miles. The southern boundary on Illinois river is only about 10 miles, and its river coast is about 100 miles in length. The seat of justice is at Lancaster, near the centre of the county. Its principal streams are Grant, Big and Little Platte, Greene and Blue rivers. The surface of the country consists of a series of ridges, high rolling prairie and timbered lands. The ridges are filled with fissures, which are abundantly supplied with ores of zinc, lead, and occasionally copper. It is one of the best mineral counties in the State, and there is no other in which the soil is better adapted to the raising of wheat and corn. The county is well supplied with timber,

and has many fine streams abounding in springs of pure water. It is said that there is neither lake, swamp, nor stagnant pool of water in the county. It is attached to the fifth judicial circuit, and to the second congressional district, and constitutes the 16th senate district, and sends five members to the assembly, as follows: 1. Towns of Hazel Green, Jamestown and Smeltzer. 2. Towns of Paris, Ptosi and Harrington. 3. Towns of Platteville, Lima, Clifton, Muscoda and Wingville. 4. Towns of Fenimore, Ellenboro', Liberty and Lancaster. 5. Towns of Waterloo, Beetown, Patchgrove and Cassville. The population in 1833 was 2,763; 1840, 3,926; 1842, 5,937; 1846, 12,034; 1847, 14,016; 1850, 16,169; 2861 dwellings, 707 farms, 78 manufactories. County Officers for 1853 and 1854: Judge, Cyrus K. Lord; Clerk of Court, A. W. Kendall; District Attorney, J. Allen Barber; Register, George H. Cox; Clerk of Board of Supervisors, Wood A. Beach.

GRANT, Diggings, a mining settlement, on section 15, town 4 N., of range 4 W., in county of Grant.

GRANT, River, waters the central portion of Grant county, and enters the Mississippi in the southwest corner of the town of Potosi.

GRANVILLE, P. O., in town of same name, Milwaukee county. GRANVILLE, Town, in county of Milwaukee, being town 8 N., of

range 21 E.; centrally located, 12 miles northwest from Milwaukee. The population in 1850 was 1,739. It has 9 school districts.

GRASS, Lake, in Columbia county, a small lake in town 12 N., of range 8 E.; between Baraboo and Wisconsin rivers, 5 miles west from Portage.

GRATIOT, Town, in county of Lafayette. Over 7,000 acres of land

were sold in this town during the year 1852. No discoveries. of mineral have been made in this town, except float. The inhabitants are mostly farmers.