Weekly Council Bluffs bugle. (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1857-1860, 1858-02-10
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81 Walled Lara which Is ssknased in |
lFrighs 0oaaass Issa. Ie me Is vas one
/ IL rs greatest eaxissitiss I lad eveT seen
--anvelopsd - is hissory Il with man
lie khaswili probably nsvag b wiahdkawa.
Thsa LAKE lies In - midst og large
! pIAan- tie rish, guaslg uaaulasiug Fxai-
lie extended Tor naaag niles II syesY d.
geeEioa. The lake sssaKa On agsa 81 =
0ous 1900 acres. BE NAksr ii clear and
] JoId, with hasd sandy hoakon, from
$50 10 Ewsnly -aYe fssa deep Thera 10
strip Of sinaher about half 10y Eound ii
i probably asn rods wide, beimx the oalY
simhss In msny miles. There IL wsN Of
hesvy Stone ail around il.
IL lie no accidental matter. Ii hAa bssa
J built with haman hands. In soaa pAa-
Gee the land is higher than tha lAke, sn
. which case the wall only anounts %
something like . Rip Rap psoaectlors
This, believe i what engineers call IT,
: But in oghag plases the water Ii higher
in the lake than the prairie outside the
vail. The wall in some pisces - ven
feet high : il is 10 feet wids A. the base,
aIsping up beth sides 10 feat vide on
the top. The wall - buiit ontirsly 81
. houidars, from thEca tons IN size down
}. 70 fifty pounds, They afs all what arr
4 / sailed lost rock. an no gsologist and
CONSEQUENTLY can give no description Of
. shem. Thew are not, however, natives
9 ssto the manor born Nor has the wal
q BEEN zaade by the washing away OF tht
!. earth and leaving tbs rocks. There il
no native rock in this region. Bssldes
this is a continuous vail, two miles O
u whieh at least Is higher than the land
., The top Of she wall Is level, while tn
II land is andalaEing, 50 the wall to in som
places two feet, aud Ia othars, ten fee
high. These rocks, many Of them, q
Ii lssst, must have been brought . long dis
81 tancs-- probably Ave or ten niles. ]
Wright County, the lost rocks are scat
taFed pretty freely, but as you approao
So this lake they disappear, showing tia
T. they have bean gathered b. some agency
al whau OF by whom, history will neTsE u
"a fold. Some Of the largest oaks in u
grove are growing up through the val
pushing the rocks ia, in aoms oaaes--oui
at sida in others, accommodating their shaPt
On 20 the rocks. The lake abounds val
excellent Rsh. The Land in thai spwEshi
ysi belongs 10 the goyernmsns. -
When Twas there IN the Spring Of 80
the wind had blown large piace OF Il
against the southwest part Of the va
PM and had knocked il down, 90 shat the vi
oh tar vac running out, and hoouing Il
farms Of some Of she settlers, and the
81, crops. IL 10 hsaatiful farm land
around shis lovely Lake,
Tha readers of the Gazette should d
Of Imagine that tha wall around this laI
aer Is as regular and ~ nice Is the va
around The Fountain in front ot the q
Hall in New York, noE need any ente
tain the theory thaa il is natural va
lily bat it has bean buiit hundreds, and pro
be ably thousands Of years. The antiqu
viaii may speculate BY whom this nlgh
a. we'll as ornamental work was dSr
but il will only be speculation.
Notwithstanding the water in the la
b q 10 pure and cool, there is no visible fee
ar or outlet. This lake il about twel
miles north of tbs located line Of t
al DUBUQUE and Pacific Railroad, aud abe
.se, one hundred and Efsy mile west Of {
former pla.e. The lims 10 coming VII
,sa. the lake will be great place Of pub
resort,