Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1893-03-03
THE PRAIRIE.
AS Seen BY a Visitor Who
Expects to be One of Us.

srable call has been made for
extra copies Of the REPORT con-
tanning the following article
md having completely exhausted
,ur supply, we have decided to
the same in order to be
able to supply the demand for
extra copies. Any one desiring
TO ssnd ti.is urticle to friends,
can now secure all the copies
they may desire at the usual
rate, five cents each;
January 20, 1898,
EDITOR REPoRT:-Having just
visited your beautiful Prairie for
the first time, l take pleasure in
meeting your request to furnish
your paper with few statements
giving strangers first impress
sion Of the country as | found it,
When | left the Mississippi
states, the weather was severe
and heavy snow storms had
blocked the railroads in some
sections and the usual winter of
that section was upon us, The
entire length of the line and UNI
til ] began to reach the slopes OF
the Clearwater in Latah county
l found the country we'll covered
with the beautiful" At Lewis
ton l began to feel as if my trip
had been a passing dream, or
that months had been consumed
during my passage, and that |
now stood either in southern
state or enjoyed the first breath
OF approaching spring. At Lew
iston we took the stage to Cot
tonwood, and as our driver was
both courteous and talkative, we
enjoyed the trip well.
AS one leaves Lewiston, for the
first twenty miles the road pass
es over rolling beautiful prairie
gradually ascending from the
Snake and Clearwater rivers, to
the mountains ahead. Now we
pass into Tammany Hollow and
are surprised at the apparent
thrift and the beautiful farms
and orchards we pass. For sew
eral miles we enjoy this beauti-
full scenery and soon arrive at
Wards place, at the foot of the
mountains. At this point we
change horses and are soon push
ing ahead.
Now we enter heavy timber
and after driving about three
miles we descend a short grade
and are at Lake Waha, This
little "gem of the mountains" is
the property of Riggs q Cooper,
where they have built a good
hotel and have fitted their prop
erty as a summer resort. The
lake is situate in the bottom of q
canyon about 800 feet deep, en-,
tirely surrounded by mountains
with to all appearances no outlet
This lake receives its supply
from the numerous springs or
the mountain above. The mai
changed, we return along tn,
short grade until we are ono,
more on the main road, and pas
along the back bone overlookin,
the lake. Here our driver callet
our attention to another small
lake on our left, while Lake Wa
ha is some 800 feet below us o.
cur right. This divide between
the two lakes is about mile ant
three-quarters wide, and on
driver surprised us by assuring
MS that the two lakes were con
nected by an underground pass
age under this backbone.
From now on we pass througl
one continuous forest until Ma
son Prairie is reached. This prai
RE, situate almost entirely o.
the Nee Perez reservation, is
most beautiful tract of ope
land, and on the opening of tn
reserve, is destined to support a
immense population. Crossin
this prairie We follow close
and along the reservation lin
and again stop-this time fc
dinner at the WillowCreek hous