Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-02-20
Arcadia.

About ninety miles south of St. Louis
right in the heart of the Ozark Mountains
| lies the beautiful little village of Arcadia
/ How or when this name was given is uu-
known in the present generation, but that
no place could more fully deserve it is &C.
knowledged by all who have heen fortunate
enough to spend few days there.
| Leaving ST. Louis at nine O'Clock in the
morning, one reaches Arcadia about half.
| past twelve. 1t is a charming tide, for
about thirty five miles the road winding
past bluffs on one side, and on the other,
the grand old Mississippi, which only needs
a good complexion to become a beautiful!
river. Have you ever read that before:
Then it curves toward the west, and grad
ualy leaves the river behind it. say grad
ualy, because every now and then, just
after ones mind is fully made up that it
| left for good, it breaks on the view again,
this time through the w9pds, and adds
new beauty to the scenery. BY the time
that the river has bid its final adieu, and en-
tirely passed from sight, one has reached
the mountains, at first very low, but becom-
ing higher and higher, until by the time
Arcadia is reached, they have attained quite
a respectable height. Then one leaves the
train at a station which at once suggests to
the mind the need of repair. Onsone side of
the track lies the large hotel, and small viii
lage of Arcadia, on the other pretty stream,
spanned by a rustic % bridge, across which
are the residences of those who summer in
the Valley. These are principally st. Louis
ians, so that during the past seven or eight
years, there has grown up there quite st.
Louis colony. On the left hand is the high
est of all the others, Shepherd Mountain,
and directly in front is Pilot Knob, which is
renowned all over the country for its appar-
emily inexhaustible supply of ironore.
The summer houses of Arcadia are, some
of them, very pretty little cottages, a few OF
which are surrounded by almost forests of
trees.
The most beautiful spot in the vicinity is
almost two miles from here, called the
shut H." a very appropriate name, as it is
a beautiful little stream, flowing over many
rocks between two very high mountains. No
one here has ever seen those mountains, so
| can afford to add a few feet to them. This
is a favorite resort for picnics, and one could
not have more exquisite view, than by
standing At its head, looking down the
stream, and seeing the two mountains rising
so close a to appear almost like cliffs, on
either side of il.
Another place of interest near Arcadia is
the Granite Quarry, quite little drive from
there, which supplies all the Missouri gran
lite. 1t is a grand place, being 4 mountain
of solid rock, all over which are boulders,
said to be the largest east of Colorado.
At a still greater distance from Arcadia,
ia the opposite direction, the Silver
Mines, which, although they have not pro-
duced much silver lately ARE famous for fish
ing expeditions.
Arcadia is lovely a picture all the year
around, but in the Autumn, when the
the mountains are so wildly coloured as to
give the appearance of great bouquets,
do not think there can be Il more beautiful
spot in the whole world.
JUN II. THOMSON.