HIGHLAND, P. V., in town of same name, in Iowa county, con

taining 400 inhabitants, 6 stores, 2 smelting furnaces, 3 hotels, and 1 church. Blue river runs through the southern part of the town.

HINGHAM, P. V., in county of Sheboygan, being on section 26, in town of Lima, 14 N., of range 22 E.

HOADLEY, P. O., in the county of Racine.

HOLLAND, Town, in county of Sheboygan, being town 13 N., of range 22 E.; centrally located, 15 miles southwest from Sheboygan. It has 7 school districts.

HOLMES' Landing, near the mouth of Eagle creek, in La Crosse county.

HONEY CREEK, P. V., in town of Spring Prairie, Walworth county, being in town 3 N., of range 18 E.

HONEY CREEK, Town, in county of Sauk, being parts of towns 9 and 10 N., of ranges 3, 4 and 5; centrally located, southwest from Baraboo.

HONEY, Creek, rises near Monroe, Green county, and runs southwest into the Peckatonnica, Green county.

HONEY, Creek, has its source in several small lakes in the town of

Lagrange, Walworth county, and running southeast, unites with Sugar Creek at Vienna, in the town of Sugar Prairie. HONEY, Creek, rises in town 10 N., in the western part of Sauk county, and running eastwardly unites with Otter creek, and enters the Wisconsin about 6 miles below Prairie du Sac.

HOOSICK, P. O., Green county, in southeast corner of the town of Albany, town 3 N., range 9 E., on section 36. It is 14 miles northeast from Madison, and 30 miles south from Madison.

HOOZIER GROVE, P. O., in Green county.

HOPE, Lake, is a small lake about half a mile in diameter, on the

town line between Lake Mills and Oakland. Its waters are discharged with those of Ripley lake, into lake Koskonong.

HORICON, Lake, is a lake in Dodge and Fond du Lac counties, in ranges 15 and 16 E., formed by a dam across Rock river, at Horicon, at the lower point of Winnebago marsh. It is 16 miles long, and about 6 miles wide.

HORICON, P. O., in town of Hubbard, Dodge county, on section 6, town 11 N., of range 16 E., at outlet of lake of same name, on Rock river, possessing good water power.

HORSE-SHOE, Island, in Eagle harbor, Green Bay.

HORTONIA, Town, in county of Outagamie, being 22 N., of ranges 15 and 16 E., 16 miles northwest from Grand Chute. It has 3 school districts.

HOWARD'S GROVE, P. V., in county of Sheboygan, being on section 24, in town of Hermann, 16 N., of range 22 E.

HOWARD, P. O., in town of Pewaukie, Waukesha, 6 miles northwest from Waukesha, on the mail route to Delafield from Milwaukee.

HUBBARD, Town, in county of Dodge, being town 11 N., of range 16 E.; centrally located, 6 miles east from Juneau. It has 7 school districts.

HUBBLETON, P. V., in town of Milford, Jefferson county, on the Crawfish river, at the crossing of the M. W. & M. plank road. HUDSON, Town, in county of Walworth, being town 2 N., of range 18 E.; centrally located, east from Elkhorn. The population in 1850 was 1,273. It has 7 school districts.

HUDSON, P. V. & C. H., (formerly Willow River,) in county of St. Croix, on section 24 and 25, town 29 N., of range 20 W., of the fourth principal meridian. It is 200 miles northwest from Madison. Population 500; 94 dwellings, 6 stores, 4 hotels, 2 churches, 4 denominations; 2 shoe, 1 harness, 3 blacksmith, 11 carpenter, 2 cabinet maker, 2 turner, and 2 tailor shops. It is beautifully located on an eminence gradually rising from the eastern bank of Lake St. Croix, surrounded by a farming country second to none in the North

west, and is eligibly situated to command the lumbering interests of the St. Croix. In the winter season it is the only thoroughfare and mail route between Galena and Minnesota. It is rapidly increasing in population and wealth. It has in its vicinity 4 saw mills and 2 grist mills. The U. S. Land Office for the Chippewa district is located at this place. HUDSON, Town, in St. Croix county, see Willow River, its former

name.

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

HUMES' Rapids, on Rock river, 16 miles north of State line of Illinois; is about one and a half miles in length, with a descent of 7 feet.

HURD'S Mills, a small stream entering Red Cedar river, in Chippewa county, in town 28 N., of range 13.

HURD'S Mills, (see Okauchee.)

HURRICANE GROVE, P. O., in town of Lancaster, on section 36, Grant county, town 4 N., of range 3 W.

HURRICANE, Neighborhood, embraced in parts of Lancaster, Beetown and Waterloo, contains the heaviest growth of timber in the State. The timber region took its name from a tornado or hurricane of wind that once swept over and prostrated most of the timber, perhaps 75 or 100 years ago. As we have only tradition and decayed logs for testimony, nothing very particular is known of the extent or time of the storm. The present size of the trees, and quantity standing upon the ground indicate, however, that the hurricane took place before the generation of timber now occupying the country had more than fairly germinated. There are large quantities of walnut, basswood, red and white oak, and maple trees of large size. The soil of this timber region differs from most any in Wisconsin. It resembles most the black limestone soil of Pennsylvania and New York; but in many places

is of lighter quality, and is always deeper before coming to
the clay. Its productiveness is absolutely astonishing—
yielding under good cultivation an hundred bushels corn to
the acre.
The only complaint is the work required in clear-
ing the ground of the wood, which many prefer to do rather
than settle on prairie land. The Hurricane will be a rich
settlement in a few years.

HUSTISFORD, Town, in county of Dodge, being in town 10 N., of range 16 E.; centrally located, 8 miles southeast of Juneau. It has 8 school districts.

HUSTISFORD, P. V., in Dodge county, on section 9, town 10 N., of

range 16 E. It is 8 miles southeast from Juneau, and 60 miles northeast from Madison. It is situated on Rock river, on the route of the Milwaukee and La Crosse railroad. Population 75; 12 dwellings, 2 stores, 1 hotel, 2 mills, and 1 Methodist denomination.

HUSTIS' Rapids, on Rock river, in Dodge county, three-fourths of a mile in length, in which distance is a descent of about 7 feet.

HYLAND'S Prairie, is in the town of Burnette, Dodge county. INDIA, P. O., in county of Green, being on section 2, town 1 N., of range 8 E.

INMANSVILLE, P. V., in town of Newark, Rock county, a Norwegian village, on town 1 N., of range 11 E. The only Norwewegian paper in the State is printed in this village.

Iowa, County, is bounded on the north by Richland and Sauk, on the east by Dane and a portion of Green, on the south by Lafayette, and on the west by Grant. It was formed from Crawford by an act of the legislative assembly of Michigan October 9, 1829, at which time it included all of the present State of Wisconsin, south of the Wisconsin river, and west of

a line drawn due north from the northern boundary of Illinois, through the middle of the Portage between the Fox and

Wisconsin rivers." On the 6th September, 1834, the southern boundary of Iowa county was changed to the line between the Green Bay and Wisconsin land districts, which was a north and south line from the northern boundary of Illinois along the range of township line next west of Fort Winnebago, to the Wisconsin river, on the range line between ranges 8 and 9. The seat of justice is at Mineral Point. It is watered by branches of the Peckatonnica river, Blue river, and Mineral and Pipe creeks. The county contains about 750 square miles, and is eminently a mining county, but is also equally valuable for its agricultural resources. The soil is not surpassed in fertility by any in the State. Prairie and timber land in about equal proportions. The wheat or corn crop along the Wisconsin river never fails. The population is composed of Americans, Germans, English, Welsh, and Irish. The whole northern portion of the county, to a distance of eight or ten miles from the Wisconsin river, is peculiarly an agricultural country, and unsurpassed for stock raising. South from this, the mineral region extends in every direction, over prairie and woodland. The central and southern portion of the county is a mining country, but none the less adapted to farming for its rich soil and abundant water render any part of it attractive. Prairie and timber alternately predominate. Streams of water meander through every ravine, furnishing not only irrigation for the land but a large quantity of water power. The ague and fevers of the West. are unknown here. The advantages of this county are briefly, health, mineral wealth, agricultural resources, and abundant water power. The railroad to State line and connection with Chicago will give the settlers here a constant market. This county is connected with the fifth judicial circuit, the second congressional district, and, with Richland, forms the fifteenth senate district. It is divided into two assembly districts: 1. Towns of Highland, Dodgeville, Ridgway, Arena, Wyoming, Pulaski, and Clyde. 2. Towns of Mineral Point,