min Allen; Register, William R. Anderson; Clerk of Board of Supervisors, Charles R. Knight; Treasurer, James M. Bailey; Surveyor, William R. Anderson; Coroner, Jonathan Bailey. (See Peirce and Polk Counties.)

ST. CROIX, Lake, is an expansion of the river of same name, commencing 12 miles above its mouth, and extending to within a few rods of the Mississippi, and is about a mile broad. ST. CROIX, Pinery. The amount of sawed pine lumer manufactured at mills on the Wisconsin side of St. Croix river, annually, is about 20,000,000 feet, besides shingles, logs, hewed timber and lath, to wit.: Prescott Mills, 3,500,000; Kinnikinnick, 1,500,000; Rush River, 2,000,000; Hudson, 2,000,000; Willow River, 4,000,000; Osceola, 3,000,000; Falls of St. Croix, 4,000,000. Total, 20,000,000.

ST. CROIX, River, rises in upper St. Croix Lake, within two miles of the Bois Brule river of Lake Superior, and enters the Mississippi river a few miles above Lake Pepin, having a descent of about 230 feet. At the different mills on this river are manufactured 26,000,000 feet of lumber. It is about 300 feet wide, and is navigable to the Falls.

STEPHENS' Point, town in county of Portage, being towns 24 and 25 N., of ranges 5, 6, 7, and 8.

STEVENS' POINT, P. V., in Portage county, on section 32, town 24 N., of range 8 E., 5 miles north of Plover, and 120 miles north of Madison, on the Wisconsin river. It is the principal depot of the lumbering trade of the Upper Wisconsin, from which most of the lumbermen make their outfits both for the pine forest in the fall, and for St. Louis, with rafts, in the spring; is beautifully situated, is proverbially healthy, and rapidly being built up. It will probably be the first point at which two great thoroughfares will meet a rail road from Chicago to Ontonagon, of the Lake Superior, and from Green Bay to St. Pauls, of the Mississippi. A plank road is about to be commenced from Green Bay to this place, and another

is projected from Berlin. The surrounding country is fast settling, and is adapted to farming equally as the up river country is pre-eminent for lumbering. The land office of the Stevens' Point land district is located here. Population 500; with 84 dwellings, 9 stores, 4 hotels, 3 mills; 1 chair, 1 bedstead, 1 leather, 1 harness, and 1 sash manufactory; 2 tailors, 2 blacksmiths, 2 shoemakers, 1 sleigh and waggon maker, and 3 organized religious societies.

ST. LOUIS, River, rises in several small lakes in latitude 48° N., longitude 16° W. from Washington, and enters west end of Lake Superior.

STOCKBRIDGE, P. O., in Calumet county, at mouth of a small stream entering Lake Winnebago.

STOCKBRIDGE, Town, in county of Calumet. It has 5 school districts.

STONER'S PRAIRIE, P.O., on section 17, on prairie of same name, in town 6, of range 9 E., being town of Fitchburg, Dane county, 8 miles southwest from Madison.

STONEY Creek, is a small stream in the north part of Washington

county, in the towns of Fredonia and Farmington, uniting with Pigeon Creek, enters the Milwaukee river in southeast corner of the town of Farmington.

STONEY, Creek, rises in town of Clayton, Winnebago county, and runs northeast into the Little Butte des Morts Lake.

STONEY Hill, in Marquette county, being town 17 N., of range 9 E., between Montello River and Deer Creek.

STOUGHTON, P. V., in Dane county, on section 8. in town of Dunkirk, being town 5 N., of range 11 E., 16 miles southeast from Madison; is pleasantly situated on the Catfish river, a few miles below the First Lake, and is on the route of the Milwaukee and Mississippi rail road, 20 miles from Janesville, and 18 miles from Milton. It has a good hydraulic power, with a sufficient supply of water, having a head of 9 feet. It

is in one of the most productive farming sections of the State. Population 150, with 30 dwellings, 2 stores, 2 hotels, 1 grist and 1 saw mill.

STRAWBERRY Islands, Green Bay, between Chamber's Island and Eagle Bay.

STRONG'S LANDING, Village, see BERLIN, P. V., (Appendix.)

STURGEON, Bay, a long point of water extending from Green Bay across Door county, into within 2 miles of Lake Michigan. It is 6 miles wide, and 15 miles in length, narrowing towards its head, where it receives a small stream.

STURGEON, Falls, are falls of the Menomonee river, of 14 feet in the distance of 1,000 feet.

STURGEON, Portage, Door county, is the portage from Big Sturgeon Bay to Lake Michigan, about 1 miles.

SUGAR, Creek, in town of same name, Walworth county, and running southeast unites with Geneva Creek, entering Pishtaka river at Burlington.

SUGAR, Creek, a branch of Sugar river, rises in town of Sylvester, Green county, and runs southeast, entering Sugar river opposite to Clareville.

SUGAR CREEK, P. O., in town of same name, Walworth county, in town 3 N., of range 16 E.

SUGAR CREEK, Town, in county of Walworth, being town 3 N., of range 16 E.; centrally located, 5 miles northwest from Elkhorn. Population in 1850 was 1,229. It has 7 school districts.

SUGAR, River, rises in town of Primrose, Dane county, runs southeast through Green and Rock counties, into the State of Illinois. It empties into the Peckatonnica, in Winnebago county, Illinois.

SUGAR RIVER, Diggings, a point of some considerable importance as a mining settlement. It is in town 4 N., of range 8, Green county, and is known by the name of Exeter.

SULLIVAN, P. O., in town of same name, Jefferson county, being town 6 N., of range 16 E..

SULLIVAN, Town, in county of Jefferson, being town 6 N., of range 16 E.; centrally located, nine miles east from Jefferson. Population in 1850 was 872. It has 6 school districts.

SULPHUR, Springs, in town of Holland, Sheboygan county. SUMMERVILLE, P. V., Rock county, on sections 1 and 2 of Clinton, being town 1 N., of range 14 E., 15 miles southeast of Janesville, and 60 southeast from Madison, on stage and mail route from Milwaukee to Beloit, at crossing of road from Johnstown to Belvidere, Ill. In a good farming district of prairie, timber, and openings. It has 85 inhabitants, with 17 dwellings, 1 store, 2 hotels, 2 blacksmiths, and 2 organized religious denominations.

SUMMIT, P. V., in town of same name, Waukesha county, 15 miles northwest from Waukesha.

SUMMIT, Town, in county of Waukesha, being town 17 N., of range 17 E.; centrally located, 15 miles west from Waukesha. Population in 1850 was 1,008. It has 6 school districts.

SUN PRAIRIE, P. O., in town of same name, Dane county, being town 8 N., of range 11 E.

SUN PRAIRIE, Town, in county of Dane, being town 8 N., of range 11 E.; centrally located, 10 miles northeast from Madison. It has 6 school districts.

SUSSEX, P. V., in town of Lisbon, Waukesha county, on section 26, town 8 N., of range 19 E., 10 miles north from Waukesha, and 60 miles east of Madison, 11⁄2 miles north of the Milwaukee and Lisbon plank road, in a fine farming country, well adapted to raising the winter grains. Population 100; with 15 dwellings, 1 waggon shop, 1 shoe shop, 2 blacksmiths, 1 saw mill, 1 school house, and an Episcopal church. SWAN, Lake, Columbia county, an expansion of Fox river above the Portage. It is half a mile wide, and 34 miles long.

SYLVANIA, P. O., in Racine county.

SYLVESTER, Town, in county of Green, being in town 2 N., of range 8 E.; centrally located, 8 miles east from Monroe. Population in 1850 was 712. It has 12 school districts.

SYLVESTER, P. V., Green county, on section 11, town 2 N., of range 8 E., 9 miles northeast from Monroe, and 35 miles southwest from Madison. Population 300; with 70 dwellings, 1 store, 1 hotel, and 3 religious denominations.

TAINTER'S, Creek, enters the Kickapoo from the northwest, in town 10 N., of range 7 W.

TALKING FISH, River, a tributary of Lake Superior, enters Shagwamigon Bay, south of Magdalen Island, in La Pointe county. TAMARAC, Creek, a tributary near its mouth of Trampaleau river from the east.

TAYNAH, Creek, is a small tributary of the Wisconsin, in Columbia county. See Rocky Run.

TAYCHEDAH, P. V., near Fond du Lac City, on Lake Winnebago, in Fond du Lac county.

TAYCHEDAH, Town, in county of Fond du Lac, being the north third of town 15, and south half of town 16 N., of range 18 E.; centrally located, 6 miles from Fond du Lac City. Population in 1850 was 798. It has 5 school districts.

TECHORA, P. O., in town of Green Lake, Marquette county, being on section 33, town 15 N., of range 13 E.; 14 miles from Montello.

TELUNGOWAN, River, see Duck River.

TEOTSA, P. V., on section 12, town 4 N., of range 13 E., in Rock county; 10 miles north from Janesville, and 30 southeast from Madison. It is on Rock River. Population 100; with 25 dwellings, 1 store, 1 hotel, and 1 mill. Denominations, Seventh-day Baptists and First-day Baptists.