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Towns and counties across Wisconsin sought to encourage settlement by extolling the virtues of their particular area. County Clerk Orville Brayton provides here a description of the natural resources, topography, and agricultural diversity of Barron County to entice prospective settlers at a time when settlement in northern Wisconsin was still sparse.Citation
Brayton, Orville. "Facts for the immigrant concerning Barron County, Wisconsin." (Menomonie, Wis. : Flint & Webber, 1871);