Excerpt from The Geography of the Fox-Winnebago Valley The canal epoch; The improvement of the Fox; The State's attempt; Navigation during the period of improvement; The entire river opened to steamboat navigation; Taken over by the U.S. government; Period of greatest use; Period of government control; Chapter V. Cities and Industries; Fond du Lac; The growth of the city; North Fond du Lac; Oshkosh; Its situation; Other cities of the same type; Early history of the city; The development of manufacturing; Present industries; Transportation; Neenah and Menasha; Neenah-Menasha as a type city; The waterpower and industries; Menasha; Appleton; Early history; Waterpower; Early manufacturing; Present manufacturing; Appleton as a type city; Kaukauna; Early history; Waterpower and industries; Kimberly, Little Chute, Wrightstown, Little Rapids; Kimberly; Little Chute; Wrightstown; Depere; Green Bay; Its long history; Historical synopsis; Green Bay as a type city; Green Bay as a lake and river port; Manufacturing industries; General summary of cities and industries; Chapter VI. Agriculture; Fond du Lac county; Condition of agriculture; Reasons for high agricultural development; The soil; The leading farm products About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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