, 1879-02-25
VERNON COUNTY, WIS.
Resnurcca - lsal1road ylrnqua - Scenery
Trudlo Building. Etc.

Trn'lo- IsHi11fnE, Etc.
10 the Editor NJ Thf Tribune.
vInoQuA, Wis, Feb. o0,-Tl,e visitor to YER
non County for the hrst time wilt naturally
wul1er how n country With such fertile farming
laAds, nud possessing SO nluny natural RESOURCES,
has rc,na!ucd 80 long without rurpud facilities,
for to-day there IL not II loot Of ratlroad-tsack
within her burlcrs For years tho grain, pro-
ti,1ce. uni livestock OF this> county llaye cou-
tr;buLcl to tho building up Of LuCrosse md
Sparta, and Of late ycurs the retail tsale Of
those places has consisted largely Ia what came
from our county. For twenty years our people
hnvc caught NJ every raroad-sellciIe proposed,
uni tn several INSTANCES lave voted liberal ali;
but Until last summer were disappointed IN MI
their efforts. Last summer, ex-Coneressman
j. N. Isusk u,ld Mr. N. Atck.c onu Of our wealth.
lest business nleu, appreciatiug the need OF The
county, md realizing that our peDpln wero
pouring wealth Into Sparta aud l.uCrasse, lii
6tcal Ut building np i commercial city III ctr
railroad, md sucrceded 80 wnll that tlT'
cats aru nuw running from Spaftu, 'tl,r
northern terminus, 10 Nclvina, .slontuc County,
kce & St. Paul Hallway agree to ,nish tle roa.l
through to Viroquh by July next. Tles md
irldze-tlmher arc already on tl'e ground for
nearly the wt!olu distance, and 1t Ia proposed to
push The work vi grading as soon Us the frost Is
Tie road will run from SPARTA. through Leon
Valley. Melyiua Pine Hollow. Mt. rsRal. aud
Coon, Prairie, to viroquu, thlrsy.twu nailes.
valley .'for sixteen miles till the summit is
rraetied,-thu grade Tor four miles being LIS
feet to tlr mc. Attrr gc.ting on ahe summit
the country for the next sixteen miles 70 Vro-
qld Is u beautiful rs Ills eye ut t''au ever gazed
upon, consisting Of tlnc prairlc'farns.,
Vifogua - s!tuatea upon QUE vi the highest
elevations in Wisconsin, nlMl llaa hren In exist.
cncc about thirty years. flc yi'lagu js na!ncd
alter an indian maiden. tllc daughter OF WIN
ncbago Chlef. IN every direction the country
ass,uitls Ill the finest sconery, prominent among
Witch are thu great rocks: the Three Cblnncys,
on onc u w.icll Is u nnin prot!ly Of Benjamin
Franiilln; the Court-llnllse rock, md nInny
otl,ers witch huyp not space to mention On
tho east Of us IL The klckapoo River, with its
hardwood lumber Ii, tho Northwest, walnut,
asl', uax, H,npc, nlna snlnr pnc. u! tat west
thu country IL waterctl by tho l'aa Ak liiysr md
luuuulerals trOut-streans. Southwest of pito'
qua lfrs what ts kllDWH Ra West Prairie, which
Ii equally Us iinu I'd tho ptalrle nurtlI.
V!roqun llus i've general stures. ull1 hardware
store, two ntwskaI'ete, hix lawyers, Two hotels,
nnl threu blacksnitthhE embellishments, con-
urlng shop. The Aiethousts mud Congregation.
alIstB cacli have chutct, Four lnilca north of
tlleyIage, tn VirDQua Township, tho Norwegian
l.uthsralIs hayo erected li.1sISonc ~, iN' stone
About Onc.talf Of thu 25,U0O Inhabitants OF
ycrI.un County aro 5clntlnayla,ls, uil they aru
thrifty, praaeut ciuss. They, nre tlIe bone md
sIpw Asru ea a wasl not oox s a'I ,r H ts ~ ~
mlyuntage. They are kpatiunt, ploddlnE, method.
teal m'ope, willing to accumulate slowly, and
MT e1pseting riches ta . day. Our dernan pop
ptY y sa aS ss Il eo euass SsSe
ALREADY considerable number Of business.
men from other lnealttes have been here anl