Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1878-05-23

InnumefAbie Lakes FILLED With all Kinds Of
Fish G"sae in Great Abundance b sutifnI
Scenery "A Vivid Description by One Who
has seen IL.
Correspondence Lincoln County Advocate
JENNY, Wis, May 3.--An act of
the legislature provides that the
lands belonging to the State in GER
tain townships shall be set apart for
State park, and includes ali the
lands belonging TO the State in
twenty-five government townships,
VIZ townships No. 40, Al, AZ, 43,
and "A, of range 4, 5 6, Z and 8. The
entire park embraces $50, 900 acre..
1t was my fortune to be one of a
party q few years ago to surrey a
military wagon road from Wausau to
the northern State line. The line of
this road, as located. runs through
the central part of what is now the
State park. Not being employed on
regular duty, but more in the ca
pacity of scout far the purpose of
going ahead and u the right and
left for the purpose of spying out
the best locality for The line, / had
many opportunities of seeing this
soon to>be famous country. | cay
soon-to-he famous for since it has
been dignified by act of the Iegisla-
ture as State park, | take it that
1T will attract more or less attentions;
for | know that it will merit fame
and attention, for a more pictur-
esque country does not lie out of
doors. Withen the boundaries of
this park you will find high noun
tain peaks that tower far above the
level, and deep gorges that sink
hundreds OF feet fellow the level !;
caves Of gloom that are as yet un-
explored by man. and to all appear
ances endless; leaping cataracts and
foaming abysses and immense forests,
the stiffness of which are nnbroken
save by the bowling Of the wolf or the
scream of wild beasts when emerging
from their lairs to go forth in quest Of
food. There are beautiful lakes on
nearly every township, in which are
found fish in great plenty and at the
time was there October, 1876 they
were literally covered with wild
geese, canvas-back dacks, and in fact
all the varieties of wild duck. In
this vast wilderness game, from the
huge black bear TO the chirruping
red squirrel may be found 10 quanti-
ties to suit the am bilion of the most
mighty Nimrods; the deer are SO
plenty and so unused to the face of
man or the sound of rifle that they
will but carelessly move out OF the
way as you pass them or start them
up. lo the upper part of the PARK
there are beautiful streams leading
into the Montreal river or lake So :,
perior. from which speckled trout
may b, taken TO the anglers hearts
content, and it ia the very best coun-
try for fishing in that your CORES
pendent has ever seen-and he has
fished in all the famous trout streams
in Wisconsin. In these streams there
are no logs, brush or snags to taugle
your lines or catch your hooks but
when 10 one of them, either wading
or floating on raft, you can fish all
day without stopping and easily take
more than you can carry and when
night comes you are but short dis
lance from where you started from.
so crooked are the streams. Happi-
~ for the welfare Of the park there
are no large quantities of pine tim.
Der except on the extreme west and
east sides, and what there is with
the exceptions here mentioned, is of
little value, as it is beyond reaching
distance from either the Chippe W q
or Wisconsin river waters hence the
destructive ak and route and track
of the lumbermGn viii not desola:e
the magnificent forest and open roads
through it for the wages of fire.
The best way for tho tourist or
pleasure seeker to reach the park is
to come to Wausau on the cars. then
TO Jenny by stage, and from here by
stage, or by private, con-
veyance to the mouth of the Tom
aaawk, and from there with packs
indians can be hired cheap for
guides and packers) along the route
of the survey of the military road to
about town Al or ~, in range 5 :;
from this point they can radiate In
all directions, and will not miss of
finding sport in hunting and fishing
in endless profusion, and from here
also will be found romatic scenery.
canons, caverns, yawning abysses,
gorges, cataracts, lakes, mountains,
falls and precipicoa TO their hearts
content, or until they are complete
ly bewlldered at the wonders of o
ture.
About four weeks time is as little
as people should think of spending in
the park, and twice that time can be
put in and not SEQ half the Sigh Is
that are to be seen in that truly
wonderful spot.
| have been through the Adiron-
dacks, made famous by the pen of
Murray, and in my humble opinion,
for granduer of scenery. there is no
comparison between the two places
while for all sorts of sports the Wis.
consip State park is far superior to
that of the New York State park.
ID. A. X.