Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1872-10-29
LETTER FROM LAKE SUPERIOR,
scenes along the wiscossiB shore \ noush
voyage-Aontreai Riser FaII.

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Oct. 18th, 1872
Mr.. COVER :--If letter from thl.
wild region viii! possess any interest
| will gladly note down q few ots,r
vations concerning my journey from
Duluth eastward, or rather what
may be seen on the way. The great
AXE itself is an object of high inter-
est. Its immense extent, its deep pu-
r'ty and transparency, its coldness
IA midsummer, its shores sloping
back to an even range of low hills all
clothed in prlmeval forest, its beach
sparkling with glistening pebbles, or
/, dashed win laundering surf, all der
an extreme contrast TO those cain,
muddy streams or ponds that are
more familiar. We feel that We are
IN another climate,-almost on an
other planet. This is the lard Of
rugged health and hard work OF
cold north Winds and rough sailing,
of dense evergreen forest and camp
fare. No sunstroke happens here.
No fever aud ague miasma taints The
air. Consumption and fever are
strangers here. But on the con pa
ry, MANY "A man of delicate h ,ilh,
with bronchial or dyspeptic aiIm nts
has come 10 these shores, aud Oy
sleeping un the ground, inhaliLg pure
air, and living a forest life geb-rally,
has become sound and well. + II in.
stance, | met Mr.. G. NJ. Lowry at
Bayfield, who has near relatives in
Lancas or aud who ten years b. { IRE
coming 10 Lake Superior was re-. BILE
Invalid. hu, for eighteen yeats has
been healthy and happy wood IN an
4 the most ragged stamp. Ill TX .
many others, prefers health ami new
.r-iailing appetite and digestion. To
no risk oi u relapse from returoiu z
% more sou hern climate.
spoke OF the forest Gov cred
| nbre-, here black aud somber pinery
nd there mixed mass of Color
from The d ming nmn foIug
La jouraeJl'g from Ddlu b, NJ NJ
where | now am, at the border II
| Ii;higan. pass the whni" nor b
| 'pa-t oi Wisconsin, ab- ~ 10 mile-
exLeu'. Aud how mucn 90 W.
20 on the way to mark tn" inrond.
| { seitl, mrnL and .itil'z Il II
IA W many -ught cl,ari' ~ along tn
shore Fir-t is SUPERIOR City, wuh
1900 peopl and u rpiendid "a ur,I
| ILe tor great center at ,Omm-rc
,hen steamlng east ward pa-' GO miltr
~ unbrokrn woods we are am ing
Sc Apostle Islands, and see solitary
| Iighthou- ; hen tho wat LEX aud
| four choppers houses %. . x l-lau d
a few miles further il X 4 80 If. an
Indian reservation with g,Nern.
ment sawmiil, shops aud -cho0ihouse
It is. harrow clearing along IN.
shore dotted with Indian houses. CA !.
| no and bark wigvams, perhaps FIR
- in all. Then on our left j. Bass
wood Island whose noble 1nirrlas Of
red sandstone export To Cnlcagl m :
mense Quantities IF the best building
stone, warranted not to burn into
| good lime IN the next great fire; and
| here too are few houses and stumpy
acres OF turf, and q good wharf.
Then We reach Bay field, the
irst steam boat landing from Da'u:b
Instant IS miles. This is handsome
title place on a slipping bill, and con.
aims besid. 400 people, many houses
If elegance and comfort. The large
-prings OF cold, pure, soft water. high
up the hiilsid :, are led down in logs
md form most beautiful perpe' ia
cts, fountains and reservoirs in ma
ny q tastetully laid out g,rn9n
Here too thy have few lutte or
| chards AID at least the HisInp and
| Transoendent crab trees are sepn tC
be very successful and prolific jlIg-
ing by the propped limbs of many
ine trees. Three miles across tht
water lies LaPonte, a decaying strag
Cling viltge, and here we see NOR,
farming land than all the rest pnt to
9ethei. The population is given al
221, but ! am told that in 1854 s"re
we're twice A. many inhabited hrnset
on the l-la, d as there are to>dlv.
Passing lonely light. hnpse
we enter Cnagwamegon bay ani al
IS south end lies Ashland, the new
est and most growing Wisconsin
own on the lake. L. has twp prom
sing features to bid US hope fpr It,
success he Iron Mountain or P,no.
"a Rang % miles south, aud The
abroad NOW building, to be complet
4 through these mines to Stev-ns
Point, Ia u year more as the predict.
on is now A more valuable disc "
~ thll tot. magnetic iron orc /.
,,ver been m de in w sc0nsi", ,f h,
Iudcriul Lnings c!almt1 for II ar,
ne. 4 professor who has as>aYed
q, reports that from it, peculllrq IA |
as II ~ by the B sem n prpc,.~.
rend red AT one neat inls z 'ot
'~semer -ter', cheaper thao pig lrnl
usually m de Tao fragments =
re | have, are about a. nraVy ant
,agh IA cast IRON. lhs X ilruad il
,.Jmpleted from Ashland Xxx mlie4 in
the words. aud work VIII hH co...
,nued this Winter. ndnnbLcdi,
ar great manufacturing 81 y. Nil
.gauker, viii produce Immsn-e QIan
les of this ir0u, when cars Ut or,
40 direc from he Z noka mine /,
ier furnace. O,e other eettl m al
mains on the Wisconsin rhp,,
> Iauah, oh Bad RIVER. three mil.
rom the mouth This IL an old |
| dian R.-erv alton AID mis-iouary e..
adjustment l;s land were i 1857
surveyed into 'tighiie~' and appn-
toned TO the Chippew ,y- by Jre
Barber. has, | pr sum. Two ~
Or three d u white people aud two
n hree hundred Indians # quite d
lair degree of civliiza'ion. S."pplpg
here only an boar, hired large
sail boat aud Two Indians, 10 convey
me - miles east. 10 my present camp