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PEWAUKEE, Town, in county of Waukesha, being town 7 N., of

range 19 E.; centrally located, 4 miles north of Waukesha. Population in 1850 was 1,093. It has 11 school districts. PEWAUKEE, P. V., on section 9, in town of same name, in Waukesha county; situated at the foot of Pewaukee Lake, 6 miles northwest from Waukesha, on the Milwaukee, Watertown, and Madison plank road. Population 120, with 25 dwellings, 2 stores, 2 hotels, 1 saw mill, 1 flouring mill, tannery, a Baptist and a Congregational church.

PEWAUKEE, Lake, mostly in town of same name, in Waukesha county, is about 5 miles long and nearly a mile wide. It is fed mostly by springs, and discharges its waters at the east end, into the Pishtaka river, at which Pewaukee village and mills are located.

PHEASANT BRANCH, P. O., in east part of Middleton, Dane county, being town 7 N., of range 8 E.

PHEASANT BRANCH, a small tributary of Fourth Lake, in Middleton, Dane county.

PICKARDEE, Creek, enters the Mississippi in town 8 N., Crawford county.

PIERCE, Town. A new town in county of La Crosse.

PIERCE, County, includes all that part of St. Croix county south

of the north line of town 27, and was set off from St. Croix, March 16, 1853. It therefore is bounded on the west by St. Croix river, by which it is separated from the Territory of Minnesota. This county holds out very great inducements to immigrants, a large amount of the 500,000 acre grant, given by Congress to the State for schools, is in this county, and is sold at one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre, the settler being allowed thirty years pre-emption. The lands are about half prairie and half timber-the prairies a black loam, producing as great a yield of wheat, oats, corn, and other grain, as any other part of the West. The timber is of an excellent quality, oak, ash, butternut, black walnut, sugar maple, &c.

Steam boats pass up, during the season of navigation, near to the homes of the inhabitants. It is to be fully organized at once, and is attached to the sixth judicial circuit, and to the same representative districts as St. Croix, Polk and La Pointe.

PIERCEVILLE, P. V., in town of Sun Prairie, Dane county, on seetion 26, town 8 N., of range 11 E.

PIGEON, Creek, rises near Lancaster, and enters Grant River in Beetown, Grant county.

PIGEON, Creek, is a small stream rising in Sheboygan county, unites with Stony Creek in Farmington, Washington county.

PIGEON GROVE, P. O., in Columbia county.

PIKE, River, is a small stream rising about 6 miles west of the city of Kenosha, taking a circuit of about 15 miles to the north, enters Lake Michigan at Kenosha.

PIN HOOK, P. O., in Grant county.

PINE BLUFF, P. O., in town of Cross Plains, Dane county, town 7 N., of range 7 E.

PINE, Creek, a small stream uniting with Skillet river, enters the Baraboo river about 3 miles west of the village of Baraboo. PINE, Creek, enters the Kickapoo river from the west, in Crawford county.

PINE, Lake, is a small lake between Red Cedar and Birch Lakes,

in Chippewa county, on the east branch of Red Cedar river. PINE, Lake, a widening of Red Cedar River, below Birch Lake on

the same.

PINE, Lake, is of the Oconomowoc Group, lying in the south part

of Merton, Waukesha county, immediately north of Naga-
wicka, and of the same size. It is surrounded by scenery,
which, for beauty, is unsurpassed, while the land is excellent
for agricultural purposes. Several beautiful villas have been
built
upon its borders.

PINE RIVER, Town, in county of Waushara, being towns 19 and 20, of range 13 E.

PINE RIVER, P. O., in Waushara county.

PINE, River, rises in town 20 N., of range 10 E., in Waushara county, and running east, enters the west end of Lake Pauwaicun.

PINE, River, rises in Bad Ax county, and runs southerly into the Wisconsin river, at the range line between ranges 1 and 2 E. PINE, River, a tributary from the north of St. Croix river, La Pointe county.

PINE, River, (of the Menomonee), see Muskos river.

PINE VALLEY, Town, in county of La Crosse, being all of said county, between towns 16 and 23 N.

PIPE, Creek, rises near Dodgeville, Iowa county, and runs northerly, emptying into the Wisconsin river at Helena.

PIKE, Creek, a small stream entering Lake Michigan, at Kenosha. PIKE, Lake, in town 27 E., of Portage county, the source of Big Plover river.

PIKE, Lake, a small lake in town of Hartford, Washington county. PISHTAKA, River, see Fox River of Illinois.

PRIVABIK, River, of Lake Superior, see Iron river.

PLATTE, Mounds, two conical shaped hills on either side east and west of Belmont, Lafayette county, about 12 miles southwest from Mineral Point, and 62 miles from Madison. They are three miles apart, and have a small mound half way between them.

PLATTE, River, rises in Wingville, Grant county, runs southerly, and empties into the Mississippi, in Grant county.

PLATTEVILLE, Town, in county of Grant, being town 3 N., of range

1 W.; centrally located, 15 miles southeast from Lancaster. It has 8 school districts.

PLATTEVILLE, P. V., is situated near the Rountree branch of Little Platte river, being on section 15, town 3 N., of range 1 W., 16 miles southeast from Lancaster, and 70 southwest from Madison. It is in the immediate vicinity of some excellent bodies of mineral. It was settled in 1827 by General John H. Rountree, and a post office was established in 1830. The village was incorporated in 1841, and contains an academy incorporated in 1839. Platteville has a population of about 1,200, with 3 hotels, 2 smelting furnaces, a large academical building, built of stone, several churches, and other public buildings.

PLEASANT PRAIRIE, P. V., in town of same name, Kenosha county, being town 1 N., of range 22 E.; centrally located, 7 miles southwest from Kenosha. Population in 1850 was 959. It has 9 school districts.

PLEASANT SPRING, Town, in county of Dane, being town 6 N., of

range 11 E.; centrally located, 12 miles southeast from Madison. Population in 1850 was 732. It has 6 school districts.

PLOVER, Town, in county of Portage, being town 23 N., of ranges 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9.

PLOVER, P. V. & C. H., on section 22, town 23 N., of range 8 E., in town of same name, in Portage county, being the county seat. It is 120 miles northwest from Madison. Population 200, with 35 dwellings, 2 stores, 2 hotels, 1 grist and 1 saw mill. PLUM, Creek, a small stream in Brown county, entering Fox river from the south at Bridgeport.

PLUM, Creek, rises in town 26 N., of range 15 W., in Chippewa county, runs southeast into Chippewa river.

PLUM, Creek, empties into the Kickapoo river from the west, in Crawford county.

PLUM, Island, a small island at the junction of Green Bay with Lake Michigan, south of Pottowottomee.

PLYMOUTH, Town, in county of Rock, being town 2 N., of range 11 E.; centrally located, 10 miles southwest from Janesville. Population in 1850 was 511. It has 4 school districts.

PLYMOUTH, P. V, in county of Sheboygan, being on section 22, in town of same name 15 N., of range 21 E.

PLYMOUTH, Town, in county of Sheboygan, being town 15 N., of range 21 E.; centrally located, 12 miles west from Sheboygan. It has 8 school districts.

POINT, Creek, in Manitowoc county, a small tributary of Lake Michigan, into which it empties about 10 miles southwest

from Manitowoc.

POINT DETOUR, in La Pointe county, opposite the Twelve Apostle Islands, between Chegwamegon Bay and Bank Pointe.

POINTE SABLE, a point of land extending into Green Bay, in northeast corner of town 24 N., of range 21 E.

POLK, County. By an act of the legislature approved March 14, 1853, all that portion of St. Croix county lying north of the line between township 31 and 32, was set off into a separate county, to be called and known as the county of Polk. It is therefore bounded on the north by La Pointe, on the east by Chippewa, on the south by Chippewa and St. Croix, and on the west by the Territory of Minnesota, from which it is separated by the river St. Croix. It is mostly a lumber country, though the southern part contains a large area of excellent farming lands. The village of St. Croix Falls, the county seat, situated at the head of steamboat navigation on St. Croix river, is surrounded with excellent agricultural lands, and with the business naturally centreing there of the extensive pineries above, must be a town of considerable importance. This county is to be fully organized during the present year, and will form a part of the sixth judicial circuit. The representation will continue as before the division of St. Croix.

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