A preliminary railroad survey in Wisconsin in 1857

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ber 27) was ^bout a mile  off in Eaton's hay meadows,   in range  1 West,   township 26,   section 16,
On June 50 the mosquitoes and gnats were  so bad that it was almost impossible  to work.       We  stopped work at night practically opposite camp nimiber (gB^,   in range 1, West,  township 26,   oe-otion      ,   on Rock River.
July 1,  we reached Black River and. Eaton's Mill, places which we had been e:q)ecting to reach now for some time.      The river is a beautiful stream,   fringed to the
edge with fine trees.       The omio was  just beloY*/ Eaton's Mill
... (2J on the- Black River,  in range  l\West,   township 26,   section 5,
Tbursda^r^  July 2,  we  worked in the vicinity of Eaton's and returned at night to camp niimber (29),   at Eaton's Mill.       Some  of our men went  to Weston's,   leaving us with a reduced force,
Friday,   July 5,   our line  la.y through bad wind-falls and at night camp number (s^ was  found in a hay meadow in range 3 West,   township  27,   section 80.
On July 4 we oelebra.ted by running  line. We
dined at Avon Creek and at night reached ^t^ Eau Claire.River, We returned to camp number feo)about 9 P.M.   very much fe^tigued.
Spent the next day,  Sunday,  at the same  camp.
On Monday,   July 6,  we  ran a new line  over a portion of  the country which our previous line had crossed.       At night we  found camp number (^l) on the banks of 1?5i#..Eau ClaireRiver,