Telegram-herald., 1889-07-09
MICHIGAN RESORTS
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selves and their friends a. 10 she proper
place and way 10 spend their vacations,
sad others Who have nothing Ia par
t.cular 10 bother OF worry about, 80 Tar
as this worlds goods are concerned are
trying 10 find comfortable place 10
exlst during these hot days.
No other state Ia this great Union of
ours Il 50 well equipped with resorts
for pleasure and comfort as our own
dear Michigan. The IlIEsRaa HER-
AID tns morning gives considerable
space u descriptions of many OF these
already fashionable watering places"
and without doubt many rcaders will
get much desired information AZ tue
very time when &c = most wanted. The
number OF people Who every wear
visit these places OF recreation On the
shores OF the beautiful lakes, = every
year growing larger and larger. It
i 10 those who ~ north for the first
time that our columns tins morning
vii be particularly interesting. These
readers are interested, and VIII read
with eageruess our descriptions of the
locations and accommodating facilities
ot the diderent hotels that are mem
toned, and wall in 4 measure be tread
Ing familiar ground, even when arriv-
H. at these places Tor the first time.
Amd now, as pleasure-scekers vail hc
interested n reading OF the different
resorts and the accommodations at
each, - viii they bc Interested an learn
ing and knowing OF the right and
proper way o. easily and quickly reach
their destination. People N the vicinity
OF Grand Rapids, ana nearly everybody
else as well, who havc.cver visited the
"NOrthern Resorts" know very we'll
there Is but ono great line that caters
Tor and appreciates the resort travel
and furnishes the best OF acCommOda-
tons for their patrons. That line. the
g.. 4. 4 /. X. r., = the one great line
into and out OF Grand Rapids, and, as
IN the past and at present "a we'll, this
great company has lent rs Influence To
build up tine interests OF Grand Rapids,
So is Us Influence and enterprise at
present bUdng M Northern Mich
igan." \ reporter of the TELEGRAM
Herald. who recently took trip over
that road, writes as follows
At the union depot IN Mchigan's
busting second clty; time, 1850 p. M; ;
long tram. with several Woodruff
sleepers attached. rolls upon the tracks
OF '.the famous fishing lne,' otherwise
the G. IL. * /. railroad. While YOU
sleep the tram shoots away INTO the
North INTO the darkness INTO the
forests aud when You wake and let
the window shades roll up. the sun,
with rs large red eye, Is blinking at
YOU over the tops OF the cedars and tall
pines, and you are IN the land of the
deer, the trout and the graylng. There
~ ffr.4. stt.n4
broken pine wastes that stretch miles
away on either sides of the track,
except the novelty OF the uncanny
wilderness. There are miles upon miles
60 pane and cedar and hemlOck, and
bald as tine traditional old gentleman
who occupies the front seat when a
spectacle Is on at the theatre.
Passengers are waking up and
strangers are looking in undisguised
surprise at what Is apparently forest
of telegraph poles. They have heard
ot tie forest fires of Michigan and now
they can see the effect OF some of their
work. Millions of feet of pine trees,
with e value Of millions of dollars In
money, destroyed m a single season.
The earth beng parched and dry, a
spark tails amid the dry leaves and
plne needles, and with rush and a
destruction. Roaring along, It climbs
he tallest pine and eatsup the green fol-
lagc and Juicy bark with an avidity that
Is astonishing. ON, ON it goes. dcnud-
Ing the forests OF monarChs that have
stood tor years. The tmid deer and
the frightened game run for the river
with the fire at their heels. But the
tram is rolling through hle hardwood
forest now. There kalkaska, ahustllng
httle town. IT'S left m the rear and
the IRON horSe passes '.MancelOna." !"
"Eovue Falls" ali along hercarc trout:
"ClariCu' here is Bear Lake Ofi IN the
woods-the finest bass fishing In the
world 'Petcskey Depot" and then
''The Arlington After ride of nearly
forty miles We arrive at last at the
famed, the enchanting StraItsof Macki-
mac -Mlchmihmacklnac the abode of
the Great Spirit. the Indians heaven,
the home ot the fishes. stepping ont of
the sleeper and crossing the platform
% the steamer "AlgOmah." We lean
over the rail AMI watch a school of a
few thOusaut graceful white herring as
they move slowly up and down the
wharf Then the steamer moves toward
the famous rocky lsiand of the blest-
tho earthly happy hunting grounds of
all the Northwestern Indians We
soon came IA plain sight OF
tue island.
Mackinac, surrounded by the blue
green waves which divide the two pen
insuias that compose the state of Mich
igan. unties in itself ali the glOries,
beauties and Advantages that Constl-
tlte an ideal summer resort.
Tins rocky perch OF land towers at its
highest point 500 feet above the waves
that ever r,se and fail around it, sing
ing sweetest luilsbvs OF deepening ntO
the omuous roar Of storTu-driveu
breakers. It at Is post ike a sleep
less sentinel. always "on duty. keep
ing watrh over the Cr73t expanse Of
water thst = called "Tne Gateway Of
Vest or. Ike another statue OF lil-
ertv. carved by the hand Of nature.
watching the wealth and products Of
the great northwest pass t.y ia supply
orr own aud other uatous Majestic
i, strength. saThe Wonderful IsieH has
watched countless years q .de bv. and
from the Indian dug-out filled with
dnsk warriors and the dfrng French
vovpr.urs seeking new huds sn8 s,i-
ventures. on down - tne present wth
Ws might sfoanlsH US, salI8eg crafts, gay
vfehfs and dancing roN-'sats. it has
witnessed nevcr-sulTng pro,tss,on
wheh ivpifss t'1e spirits ~ progress.
ard tae growth and Development of
onr Nauon.
Apart from az ths romance and