Wisconsin River
the largest river in Wisconsin. It rises in Lake Vieux Des Desert, in the N. part of the State, and flows S. and W., emptying into the Mississippi 4 miles below Prairie du Chien. It is nearly 600 miles long and is navigable to Portage City.
Remarkable rapids and falls, called "dalles," occur at several places, the river passing through deep gorges between rocky bluffs, some of which are more than 400 feet high.
WISCONSIN, UNIVERSITY OF, a coeducational non-sectarian institution WISCONSIN, UNIVERSITY OF, a in Madison, Wis.; founded in 1848; reported at the close of 1919: Professors and instructors, 682; students, 5,274; ported at the close of 1919: Professors president, E. A. Birge.