The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-11-28
The odorous Pinev Woods.

These words caught our eye as we were
lazily glancing through The North and
West Illustrated, and they caused US to long
for trip to the home Of the "piney woods"
Without much thought as to where we
should stop, we took our start from the
good city Of Louisville, KY, and soon found
ourselves at Chicago. There we found but
one route that could give US what we were
looking for, and found that to be the new
Chicago, st. Paul & Minneapolis Line, that
led through prairie and meadow, through
mill and valley, along great lakes and
streams, and finally into the depths of the
pine forests of Wisconsin, and so on to St..
Paul and Minneapolis Buying our tickets
we started, and left the Canal and Kinzie
streets depot Of the Chicago & Northwest
ern Railway, and passed through many
pleasant villages, such as Irving Park,
Desplaines, Darlington, Crystal Lake and
| Woodstock, and reached Harvard, thence
to Beloit, Hanover and Madison, where we
are l40 miles from Chicago, and at the
capital Of Wisconsin, a city Of over fifteen
thousand people.
The city Is pleasantly situated on an
isthmu5 about three-fOurths of mile wide,
between Lakes Mendoza and MOnOna, in the
centre of a broad valley, surrounded by
heights from which it can be seen at a dis
tance of several miles. Lake Mendoza lies
northwest Of the town, is six miles long
and four miles wide, with clean, gravelly
shores, and a depth sufficient for the nayi-
cation of steamboats,. Lake MonOna Is
somewhat smaller.
At 176 miles from Chicago, and Sc miles
from Madison, we reached the celebrated
Devils Lake. This is a beautiful body Of
water, surrounded by precipitous noun
/ tains on every side, except at two points,
one being at the southern end, where the
railroad enters the lake basin, and the
other at the northern end, where the rail-
road finds exit from the basin Of the lake
On every side of the lake you see crock
piled on rock" in every conceivable form,
and in immense columns, pillars, piles and
masses Of very great magnitude and height
The railroad runs along the shore of the
lake on a bed that was literally blasted
out of the sides of the mountain. From the
car windows all the beauties of this wonder
full and weirdly mysterious region can
readily be seen. This was the home of
Minnawaukene, a beautiful but unfOrtu-
nate Indian maiden, and many legends are
related of her by the simple hearted and
kindly people Of the vicinity. This lake is
a favorite summer resort, and to it the peo-
pie for many miles around come for pic
nicing, sailing, boating, fishing and other
sports.
At Baraboo you reach the Baraboo river,
and from thence pass along its valley for
many miles.
At Elroy you are 2l2 miles from Chica-
b., # h.
West Wisconsin Railway. From ElrOy
you hasten northward on the new and ad-
mirable track of the West Wisconsin road,
and soon reach the great pine woods, which
have rendered Wisconsin celebrated the
world over. Into the heart of the pine
lumber region you speed, passing through
Black River Falls, Humbird, Augusta,
Eau Claire, MenOmOnee and other noted
lumber towns, and finally cross the River
St. CroiX at Hudson. This river is the
dividing line between Wisconsin and Min
nesota. A few miles beyond, you reach
branch to Saltwater, a fourishing town on
the St. Croix river. A fifteen miles ride
brings you to St. Paul, and here you rest,
or push on eleven miles further, to the ac-
tive, bustling cities Of Minneapolis and St.
Anthony.
At st. Paul you can make close cOnnec-
tiOns, via the Lake Superior & Mississippi
Railroad, for Duluth, MoOrhead, Bismarck
and other points on the line of the Great
Northern Pacific Railroad, and also with
the St. Paul & Pacific Railway, for Breck-
enridge, Fort Garry and points in Mani
toba.
On the line we have hastily sketched,
you have a variety of scenery-the quiet, |
beautiful prairie country of Northeastern |
Illinois; the rolling, farming country of |
Southern Wisconsin; the wildly romantic |
mountain scenery of the DEVILS Lake coun- |
try; the breezy ,OdOrOUs "piney woods, with |
their busy mills, active towns and numer- |
Gus logging camps; and the charming river /
country of the St. Croix valley. A greater |
Of country cannot be found any
where in a journey of the same length |
You will find comfortable, cleanly and |
dining stations and hotels |
along the line, at which ample time is Civ
en- for all meals.
One management controls the route, and
Pullman Palace Slceper8 run through to 81.
Paul and for Minneapolis 1t will be seen
from Chicago to St. Paul, and is but few
miles longer than an air line, and It Is the
shortest practicable route 0Uer lrbich a railroad
line can be built betlreeH these points This
assures the passenger the quickest time
that can be made. No other route is n0w or
can be made as direct.
We are now settled down by quiet
brook, where we daily pull from the 'vasty
deep" the speckled beauties we have heard
80 much about The Courier.