The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1858-02-03
Walled Enke In Io,va. /.

gives on account Of Walled Lake in Wright
county, Iowa. He says;
Tome it was one of the reatest curios!tics
had ever seen-enveloped as its history is with
mantle that will probably never be W thdrawn
The Lake lies in IKE midst of a vast plain-the
rich, undulating prairie extending for many
miles in every direction. The Lake covers an
area of about 1900 acres. The water is clear
and cold, with hard, sandy bottom, form two
to twenty five feet deep. There IS a strip Of
timber about half way around it, probably ten
rods wide, being the only timber in many miles
I There Is 4 a0aRof heavy stone all round it.
Il is no accidental matter. 1t has been built
with human hands. In some places the land is
higher than the Lake, in which case tie wall
only amounts to something like a RIP Rap pro-
tection This, believe, is what engineers call
it. But in other places the water is higher in
the Lake than the prairie outside Of the wall
The wall in some places is ten feet high; it is
13 feet wide at The base, slopng up both sides
to 5 feet wide on the top. The wall is built en-
tirely Of bouldcrs, from three tons in size, down
to fifty poun6s They are all what are called
the lost rock. am no geologist and consequent
ty can give no learned description Of them. They
are not, however, natives to the "manor born
Nor has the wall been made by the washing a
way of the earth and leaving the rocks. There
is no native rock in this region. Besides, this is
a continuous wall, two miles Of which, at least,
is higher than the land. The top of the wall IS
level, wlle the land is undulating--so That the
wall Is in some places two feet, and in others ten
feet high. These rocks, many of them at least,
must have been brought a long distance prob
ably five or ten miles. In Wright county the
best rocks are scattered pretty freely, but as you
approach this Lake thev diSappcar-showng
that they have been gathered by some agency
when, Or by whom, history will never unfold.
Some Of the largest oaks in the grove ale grow
ing up through tn, wall, pushing the rocks in,
in some cases, outside in others, accommoda-
ting their shape to the rocks The Luke abounis
with excellent fish The land in that township
/, ct belongs to the government
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wind had blown large piece of ice against Il c
southwest part of the wall an / had knocked it
down. so that that the water was running out,
and hooiing the farms of some of the settlers,
and they were about to repair the wall to pro-
tect their crops 1t is beautiful farm land near
| ly all around this lovely Lake. . ..--,,
| The readers of the Grzette should not imagine
thtt the wall around this Lake is regular and
as nice as the wall al ound the fountain in front
of the City Hall in New York, nor need any
entertain the theory that it is a natural WALL;
but it has been built hundreds, and probably
Thousands of years. The antiquarian may spec
ulate by whom this mighty, ms well as orna-
mental work was done, but it will only be spec
ulation. .@tA % e4
Notwithstanding the water in the Lake is
pure and cool, there is no visible feeder or out
/ let. The Lake is about twelve miles north
Of the located line Of the Dubuque and Pacific
Railroad, and about one hundred and fifty miles
west of the former place. The time is coming
when the Lake will be great place of public
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