George Apfel Round Barn

Clinton is situated on the northern line of the county and comprises congressional township 14, range 3 west, containing 23,139 acres of land. The general surface of this town is very broken and hilly, composed largely of valleys and ridges. The bluffs along the streams present almost per|)endicular fronts, rising in many instances, to a great height from the rivers' bed. The soil in the valleys is of a black sandy character, and very productive; the upland in the northern part of the town, produces excellent crops of wheat, oats and other cereals. In the southern part of the town is found a black loam with a clay sub-soil. All of this town was originally covered with timber, except about forty acres in the northeast corner; this was on section 11, and was included in tlie original entry of John Masterson, the first sottier of tlie town. The chief varieties of timber are the white, red and burr oak, with some hard maple, bass wood and butternut. The heaviest growth of timber extends in a belt from the northwest to the southeast corner of the town, and embraces about four-fifths of the entire area of the town.

Passage source: History of Vernon County, Wisconsin .., published 1884.

The principal stream flowing through Clinton, is the west branch of the Kickapoo river, which rises on section G, its source being a large spring pond, on the farm of Charles Jersey; it runs south from its source, to the middle of section 7, then flows west into the town of Christiana, re-entering the town of Clinton on the southwest quarter of section 19, thence in a southeasterly direction, leaving the town from section 31. This river has several branches in the town. The first in importance, of these, is the "Chaplain branch," consisting of two streams, one rising on the northwest corner of section 4, and the other on section 15; they unite on section 8, and taking a southwesterly course, enter the main stream on section 30. What is known as the "Gillett branch" of the Kickapoo river, rises on section 16, runs southwest, and unites with the main stream on the southeast quarter of section 30. The "Pierce branch" takes its rise on section 3 t, and leaves the town from section 32, entering the main stream in the town of Webster. Weister creek is a smaller stream, which also has a number of small branches, which unite in the southeast part of the town, thus forming a good sized stream before they leave the borders of the town, from section 36. Another small stream, a branch of Hrush creek, has its rise on the west side of section 2, and leaves the town from section 1.

Passage source: History of Vernon County, Wisconsin .., published 1884.

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