Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-06-20

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valley between the heights were littl
more than deep ravines through whicl
numbers OF rivulets flowed down to In
great river. The city is built on sue
cession of four distinct terraces which
rise in graduation from the river. Th
first is low bottom which forms tn,
levee. On the second and third ter
races the principal part of the city il
built. While on the fourth te1rac,
(which is more than 100 feet above tn.
third) is the residences. On the sum
NIT is the first street, on the fourth
terrace are the most beautiful resi-
dences of the city, from which can be
seen the entire city nestled in the val
ley below. These residences are built
of red and gray sand stone, with large
lawns surrounding them in which are
lakes, fountains and beautiful shade
trees OF various kinds.
/ West ST. Paul occupies the low plain
on the west shore of the river and
climbs the high picturesque bluff be-
yond.
One of the most beautiful and pict-
uresque scenes near st. Paul is the
drive to Lake Como four miles distant,
on the shores of which are built many
summer hotels and beautiful villas.
At 4 p. NJ. we leave St. Paul for Liv-
| ingston, Montana, over the Northern
Pacific Road.
From st. Paul to Minneapolis are a
number of places of interest. Fort
Smelling is the military headquarters
of Dakota. The fort is massively built
Oh the northern bank of the Minnesota
River, just at its junction with the
Mississippi. The situation is striking
Iy picturesque, its white walls reared
upon the brink of Il juiting bluff with
an almost vertical face, its base being
washed by the flood 100 feet below.
haha after passing through some beau
tiful farming country. This beautiful
waterfall: made immortal by Longfel-
low in his poem "Hiawatha," is to be
seen quite plainly from the cars. 1t is
formed by an abrupt break in the bed
Of the Little Minneiaba Creek, one Of
the outlets of Lake MinnetOnka. The
stream babbles along through miles of
verdant meadows in the most quiet
and common place way to make an un-
expected leap at last into deep gorge,
and tlnd itself famous and beautiful.
In recent issue of Ha,per's Magazine
the felis are aptly characterized by In
gersol in this wise: "The outlet of
Lake Minnetonka is a sparkling little
brook that circles the city, steals
| through the wheat fields, races under
dark culvert where the phoebe bird
breeds, and then, with most gleeful
abandon. leaps off a precipice 60 feet
straight down into maple-sha dowed,
brierchocked canon, and prattles on
as though nothing had happened but
a bit of childish gymnastics.n Mime
apolis is regularly laid out, broad ave-
nues running from east to west, two
miles distant is the falls of st. An
thony, having perpendicular height
of some 25 feet. The view ofthe rapids
above the cataract is very fine. To
prevent the wearing away of the ledge
of rocks broad, smooth wooden apron
has been constructed entirely across
the river, sloping from the edge OF the
fall to point far beyond its base. The
best view of this is from the magDifi-
cient suspension bridge of iron which
spans the flood below. The railroad
follows along the river at the base of
the bluffs giving us an opportunity to
drink in all the beauties of the scenery
below.
The stream was almost choked with
booms of logs that are to be cut into
lumber by the mills which line the
shores.
Lake Minnetonka, Is miles west of
the city, is the most popular summer
resort of Minnesota. 1t is a beautiful
sheet of water about 20 miles long and
from one to three miles wide. It's
shores are bold and prettily wooded
with oak groves, affording beautiful
sites for summer residences. Leaving
Minneapolis and vicinity we pass
through Itasca and East st. Cloud, :,
which are very pretty little towns.
Sank Rapids is the next place of inn
portance, seventy-five miles northwest
of ST. Paul and lies on the banks of the
NJ s-issippi river. Great fields of granite
could be seen in the distance. The
rapids continue over bed of granite
for more than half mile, and view
from the end of the coach presente u
picuture of great beauty. and our party
composed of three ladies and three
gentlemen) took advantage ofsuch OPP
portutlity for sig ht-seeing. AT Royal
ton we stopped twenty minutes so it
gave US an opportunity te see the city,
which is ninety-five miles west st.
Paul, aud it is built in the midst of a
prairie dotted with groves of hard
maple and box wood.
At Little Falls we see the river OF
rivers for the last time. The country
is finely wooded with bluffs cropping
up between rich prairies, making very
pretty scenery TO look at.
At Brainerd, 1856 miles west OF st.
Paul, are located the railroad shops,
which cover over twenty acres of land.