The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1900-09-14


concerns. Reports Of the discovery CT
great iron ore deposits near by OF tt
| Canadian side add to the enthusiast
Historic Mackinac Island.
From the $500 to Mack e
| and, through st. Mary's rive 5 =
| eight-hour run. 1t is ms Il {
think of this lake trip as Il. 7 :til
ocean voyage, with nothing but Va
in sight. This reach Of ST. Maly's
er, studded with 5000 islands, a.
again tie connecting st. Claire riv :
lake and Detroit river, bringing o-e
into Lake Erie, may be compared to
| lanes-narrOw, winding channels,
with land near at hand on both sides,
enabling one to see plainly the sum-
mer cottages, the club houses, tents
and the like that line the shores,
though from start to finish on the trip
| with an unbrOken background of for
| est and wood.
Mackinac island, as every one
| knows, is historic. In 1910 the ISL
and was first visited by white men,
| and eight years later it was occupied
by LaSalle as ar anchorage iOr his
"GriffOn"-the first vessel to float the
Great Lakes. 1t has always been a
sacred spot to the Indians. 1t was here
| that the historian, Parkman, gathered
in part the material for 1.-THE Conspir-
acy Of Pontiac" 1t was planned to
! simultaneously attack every English
| post and fort from the south to the
! upper lakes, and the capture of eight
was accomplished. This was in June,
| 1853. When John Jacob AstOr or
| ganiZed the American Fur Co., with
| it's then enormous capital of $4,000
| 900, he established headquarters on
! Mackinac island. This was in 1909,
and for forty years the island -four
| ished as a most important commercial
| point. The old Astor trading post still
stands.
Prominent among the points of
special interest are Arch Rock, a
wonderful natural bridge eighty feet
high, with forty-foot span; British
Landing, where the English forces
Games ashore in 1912; distillery of that
same year; Indian burying ground, etc.
Detroit Has Reason to Boast.
Even a boastful Madison man has
reason to moderate his patriotism in
approaching Detroit The fact is that
many cities have charms peculiar to
themselves and to say that one city
is finer than another is to make an i'm
possible comparison. Detroit is not
like Cleveland, merely a big city, with
lake front; but it is girt with islands
and picturesque channels.
Approaching the city from the north
past Isles aux Peches-where lived
that famous warrior, Tecumseh-a lit
tie over an hour is consumed in cross
i,,cr ba hal xvD Of tbn oh
Clair. The steamship enters the gov
eminent million-dollar ship canal, and
then passes into the winding channel
through that picturesque and incom-
| parable section known as "The Flats"
Here is a miniature city built on
| spiles. It has one street, and that
/ street is the steamships course for
! miles. Many salutes are exchanged
between the delighted passengers and
| the happy occupants of the pretty cot
| tages, club houses, and hotels of this
Little Venice" Farther on up the st.
| Clair river, ancient as we'll as modern
villages are seen. Belle Isle park in
| Detroit, stretched along the river, fin
| ished and decorated to the highest de-
| gree by the landscape gardeners and
| architects, must be seen to be appre-
| ciated.
From Detroit to Cleveland.
| The sail between Cleveland and De-
| troit recalls many important events of
long ago. Put-in-Bay and Kelly's isl
and, with their extensive vineyards,
are passed, and the steamship crosses
/ the identical spot where was fought
! that memorable battle which called
| from Commodore Oliver H. Perry the
| familiar sentence, 1--WE have met the
| enemy and they are ours" etc. AS
! Detroit river is approached the chan
mel is studded with beautiful islands.
| These are the islands of which, over
| two centuries ago Father Hennepin
wrote: "They are the finest in the
| world" Along the shore of the main
! land, now dotted with neat summer
villas, the tourist now and then dis
| Germs ancient blOckhouses. The town
| of Amherstburg on the Canadian
shore, takes delight in the possession
! of a captured Yankee cannon" which
! is displayed in the public square. 1t
was from this spot that the Canandian
| farmers watched Commodore Perry's
| famous fight Close at hand is old
| Fort Modem, and here, also, Harriet
: Beecher Stowe saw fit to allow Eliza
Harris and her husband to first touch
! free soil in her "Uncle Toms Cabin"
| On the American shore Fort Wayne,
with it's parapets and black, frowning
| cannon, the stars and stripes floating
! in the refreshing breeze, is passed.
! Cleveland is a city of manufacturing
| and lake commerce. Many of the mag
mates of transportation live there.
From the steamer one may see the
| Garfield monument, rising 100 feet
| in the air. 1t is a WHOLESALER city,
as distinguished from Cincinnati,
! which is more alert with shoppers.
| But great industries have their home
| in Cleveland.
! Fifty Years Hence!
] Of Duluth and Buffalo, the terminal
| points, there is now no need to speak
] Duluth, together with Wisconsin's
@wn Superior, is a destiny city, as any
one can see by looking at the map.
| 1t is the key to the gateway Of the
vast territory, rapidly being filled.
! Buffalo, as shown by the last cen
Sus, is one of the marvelS of munich
pal development 1t is essentially
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