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See also:BEAVER See also:DAM , a See also:city of See also:Dodge See also:county, See also:Wisconsin, U.S.A., situated in the S.E. See also:part of the See also:state, 63 m . N.W. of See also:Milwaukee, on See also:Beaver See also:Lake, which is 9 M. See also:long and 3 M. wide . Pop . (189o) 4222; (1900) 5128, of whom 1023 were See also:foreign-See also:born; (1905) 5615; (1910) 6758 . Most of the See also:population is of See also:German descent . Beaver See also:Dam is served by the See also:Chicago, Milwaukee & St See also:Paul railway . The city is a summer resort, has a public library, and is the seat of See also:Wayland See also:Academy (1855, Baptist), a co-educational preparatory school affiliated with the university of Chicago . Beaver Dam is situated in the midst of a See also:fine farming See also:country; it has a See also:good See also:water-See also:power derived from Beaver Lake, and among its manufactures are woollen and See also:cotton goods, malleable See also:iron, foundry products, gasolene engines, agricultural implements, stoves and See also:beer . The city was first settled about 1841, and was incorporated in 1856 . |
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