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Advantages—Location—Surface Features—Drainage—Lakes—Ice Formed Ridges—Topography—Soil and Timber—Geological Structure—Glacial and Modified Drift—The Moraine—Fossiliferous Beds—Boulders of the Drift—Lignite Deposits—Explorations for Coal—Typical Till Exposure—Waterpowers—Underground Waters—Yield of Water—Head of Water—Quality of the Water—Cretaceous Rocks—Paleozoic and Older formations—Water Supply in the Villages—Farm Water Supplies—Summary and Analysis.


Nature’s Paradise—The Coming of Man—The Eskimo—The Mound Builders—Purpose of the Mounds—Life and Habits of the Mount Builders—Location of the Mounds—Excavations and Discoveries—Relics.