Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1871-06-22

extremity Of Lake Superior, and is
mostly built upon the side Of a range
Of hills whose bases are close to the
waters edge. It was named tor
Capt. John Duluth, q French marine
officer who visited that point in 1879,
nearly two hundred years ago. St.
Louis river empties into st. Louis
Bay, between which and Lake Su-
perior is large scythe shaped tongue
of low land, seven miles long, prob
ably formed by the combined action
OF the waves of the Lake and the
current of the river. On this tongue
of land was built the original town,
which retains, at present, consider.
able portion Of the trade. It gives
evidence, however, of being less
thrifty than the new town on the hill
side. The town looks to the south,
across St. Louis Bay to Superior
City, on the south, in Wisconsin.
Superio: City IS situated on Superior
Bay, directly inside the 'En.ry,"
which is the channel Of the St. Louis
river, 600 feet Wide. Owing to shift
ing sand and insufficient depth, this
channel is some what unreliable
for commercial purposes, and the cit
izens Of Daluth have made ca,al
through the tongue Of land, near the
city, deep enough and wide enough
for the passage Of the largest steam :
ers on the lake The city is made
by the late census to contain $500
population. Its trade is mostly job
bing, there being very few. if any,
agricultural people around the city.
Daluth is the lake port of entry
for nearly all Minnesota and the Red
River country. Several lines of lake
steamers run regularly between Du-
luth, Cleveland and Buffalo.
The Lake Superior & Mississippi
Railroad connects st. Paul and the
southern portion OF Minnesota with
Duluth, while the Northern Pacific
Railroad is opening up q country that
will be directly tributary to that city
The city Is but three years old, and
its first railroad connection was made
with st. Paul, August I, 1870.
The hills on the north of the Lake
seem to be an immense stone quarr,
cont aiming some OF the best granite
in the world, said to weigh 30
pounds to the cubic foot more thar
the celebrated New Hampshire gran
ite. There are also qnarnes Of brown
stone and slate.
On the north shore of the Lake, a.
far as the eye can penetrate, is
range Of quits high hills, all heavil,
timbercd. Ga the south shore, the r,
are no hills, though the laad rises
somewhat at distance from the
Lake. At the south, AZ at the north
the country is vast forest.
Ga Saturday forenoon, the citizen
chartered q steamer and gave the
party q free ride upon the Lake.
Starting from the dock in st. LOUIS
Bay, We passed to Superior City,
stopping there few minutes for q
delegation Of its citizens to come
aboard, then passing ont through the
channel, and returning on the waters
OF the great Lake, itself.
It was nearly one o'clock, in the
afternoon, before the party were on
the cars ready tor return trip. In
order to enable Us to remain during
the forenoon for al examination Of
the town and harbor, the railroa d
company placed at our disposal q
special train for our return. The
citizens rendered US q regular dinner,
but we had not time to do the dem
ner justice, anl were obliged to de-
cline. Tue citizens, however, put an
ample lunch on the train so that we
have cause to be grateful to our
hosts tor consilerate treatment.
We reached St. Paul, on our re-
turn, about 9 o'clock in the evening.
A portion, only, of the party, stop
ping at that city, the balance, about
hundred, went through to Mime
opalis, where the hotel accommoda-
tons were found to be very limited
But the crowning delight of our
trip came on Sunday, the last day Of
our stay at St. Paul. As soon as
possible after breakfast, we set ont
to see the curiosities about that city
and Minneapolis. Just without the
city, our driver halted and led our
party of seven into q deep ravine to
Fountain Cave. The entrance to the
cavern is spacious and the walls are
Of beautiful, compact, white sand,
which has the appearance of solid
rock until touched, when it crumbles
to the finest dust. The cave has
been explored to the distance of a
mile, but its limits have never been
reached. We went no farther than
the entrance hall. The entire floor
being carpeted by clear, running
stream, several inches in depth, and