Transactions of the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts, and Letters Volume 13, pt. 2 - Softcover

Wisconsin Academy Of Sciences, Arts

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1153566257 ISBN 13: 9781153566254

Verlag: RareBooksClub.com, 2012

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1902 Excerpt: ... of drift differ from each other i Kenosha County Records. 2For changes in town boundaries see Plate XXXIX. 3Census taker of 1850, remarked: "The only remarkable thing to be seen in this town (Bristol) is a flouring mill built upon a stream (Des Plaines) that it would require an 'observation' to tell which way the water runs." in color, degree of coarseness, time of deposit, and chemical composition. The section in the western part of the county, including the greater part of the towns of Randall and Wheatland, is the region of Kettle Range Moraine Kames. This section composes the extreme southeastern part of the Kettle range. This region is more undulating than any other part of the county, in fact some of the hills are quite abrupt. In this same region and also in the town of Salem there are numerous small moraine lakes, which add much to the beauty of the land. The most important of these lakes are Powers, Elizabeth, Mary, Silver, and Camp. Adjoining this section to the eastward, and including the eastern part of the towns of Randall and Wheatland, all of Brighton and Salem, and the western part of Paris and Bristol, is the region of bowlder clay. This region is of an earlier formation than that just described and consists of a commingled mass of clay, sand, gravel, and bowlders variously arranged with reference to each other and spread out irregularly over the surface of the limestone bed below. The formations of the other two sections are known as the light colored pebble clay and the beach. The light colored clay covers the greater part of the towns of Paris, Bristol, Somers, and Pleasant Prairie. This formation is very similar to the bowlder clay, and only differs from it in that the bowlders are smaller and the clay is of a lighter color. ...

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• Verlag: RareBooksClub.com
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1153566257
• ISBN 13: 9781153566254
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 62