The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-06-04
QUE L lkES AND HlTERS.

Where or Rtccrs Rise and Where They
End-- The Great FLAG Belt-1he Fu-
ture Centre Of Linen Manufacture
FLAG Centre Of the L. s.
The ADVANCE has often alluded to
Minnesota as the Water State, the Sum
nit State and the Pivot State, because
the great waters Of the continent rise
here and flow down in all directions.
Southwestern Minnesota is il summit,
4 fountain, Il pivot, within this GREAT
summit, fountain and pivot. A wri-
ter in the Cedar Rapids Standard thus
writes Of our streams, ETC.:
The river system Of the ''shining
mountains" on the COteau des Prai-
ries, situated in northwestern Iowa
and southwestern Minnesota, has not
received the attention it deserves.
The streams that have their sources
In the western slope OF the Coteau are
the following, commencing at the
southeast:
OsCuEYDAN.-This river has for its
source those spring-wattr lakes, West
and East Okabtna, around the pre:tily
located town Of Worthingt"u, $50
feet elevation. Daniel Ko'rts, E'q
describes the Waters Ot lEt lakes tA
actIy when he says ''t!!at you Cali take
q piece Of ice several \l2) teet IN itnyIh
and standing at one END aud placing Il
newspaper at the other. you can read
readily tLe finest Types THIS is the
source IF the stream. THESE lakes are
deep and nave III area ct over two SEC
tiOms; \ little further souih is Oc!lerd,
Lake, from a i,alf 10 il mule VIDE and
six miles long and over fifteen feet
deep. These arr ;ho head waters ~
the OschtyuAu 90 hpt'la'). Tue "''''r>'
Of the stream is rra'ly due >"n. h
Fourteen miles u,l;. S'uth ne e.: .A' l'i.
of tho water III the stream l. l. 4~o ct,
or u fall of 81 itt' i. 'it>t4:!'''-. ~ -
Of which is made ~ t:,' lost iG'if
miles. ll!s stream has :. c"i!>iant SUP
ply Of water, and is noted Tor IT'S nn
reruuo fish and splendid pickrItl. Iue
river empties into the Little Sioux neal
Spencer, ir Clay county, Iowa.
LITTLE ROCK.-This stream rises At
Summit Lake, in Mobiles county. LOO
feet in elevation. Its course is south
west by south. At distance Of II
miles on Il bee line from the "ntl-t "t
the lake. its elevation is 1,451 feet.
showing a fall of 249 feet. 1t is u zap
id stream, has Il xravrlly btd and thu
volume of water is constant thrOugl-
out the year.
KANARANZ1-This stream has it,
source about ten miles west 1T summit
Lake, 1T an altitude of $40 feet; il
flows southwest; 1T Il distance of about
l8 miles from its source las the Gro"
flies'' it has AN elevation 1T AT feet
giving as the fall in that distance "A;
feet 1t runs swiftly and has goot
volume of water. Its Wa'er Is claa
and the bed If thu ST rpaln is Kravtliy.
ROCK.-This river rises i" the north
eastern part of PipestOne county. h"w
near due south through Piprst"n+ ant
Rock counties, Minn.. and Lyon conn
ty. Iowa: near the sOmth line of the lat
ter county it receives the Little Rock
near to the county of D"On. The ele
walton of its source ~ 800 feet. 1T tn
south line of Lyon county 1880 feet
showing a fall il 60 miles vt $50 feet
or nearly ~ average "f ten feet to tn
mile. On the western border "f thu
stream on the south part of PilH' 't""
and north part Of Rock county. is tn
"Blue Mounds" of Sioux q"ar'zit
rock for distance of from ~ to l
miles. It passes the beautifully l"ca
ted enterprising town Of Lnverne ]
Rock county, and Rock Rapids. tn
future manufacturing center) in Iy0
county. At Rock Rapids It is conl1ne
betwesn high banks and its volume {
water with its rapid fall, suggests q