Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-12-16


secured. This brief resume of the
industrial enterprises established
here simply illustrates the character
istlcs of the citizens in general. AS
soon as additional railroad facilities
are secured Lancaster can be de-
! pended on to develop industrial
enterprises that will increase the
population and add materially to
the yearly freight tonnage, which
will increase dividends on the new
railway project coming this way.
The city has an active commercial
club that voted an appropriation at
the last meeting to establish five
one acre tract experimental beet
sugar farms in different sections of
the county. This was done to
demonstrate to the farming COM
munity the advantage of growing
sugar beets, with the object in view
OF establishing a sugar refinery in
the near future.
Lancaster has excellent public
schools, in the hands,of competent
instructors, which provide places of
learning for the younger genera
ton. 1t is an excellent city in
which to rear and educate family
without experiencing the hardshjps
that awaits the newcomer in many
of the new mining camps through
out the country. Lancaster has a
number of fine hotels that provide
excellent accommodation for the
travelling public, and so far the
rates have been moderate, consider
ing the increase of traffic on &C
count of the lead and zinc mining
excitement
Romantic points of interest sur
round Lancaster on all Sides In
fact, Grant county boasts of the
only natural park which has been
preserved in it's primitive state
along the entire course of the
Mississippi river. 1t consists of
q, 400 acres of wild land located at
the confluence of the Mississippi and
Wisconsin rivers, where the mound
builders executed their most numer-
GUS works. Along the slopes of the
hills and in the valleys can be found
relics of the Rec villages. Here the
mound builder has imprinted the
mystic symbol Of religion in
the earthen monuments, among
which can be traced the image of
the deer, antelope, bear, birds, and
turtles, the human form, pipes,
crescent shaped mounds, and
parallel walls of embankment of
whose object no geologist has ever
obtained any knowledge. Walled
mounds where this prehistoric race
buried their dead are still intact and
will remain SO as long as it's present
owner controls the situation. Some
of the best specimens found on the
western continent have been carried
off by biologists and tourists from
this park before it came into private
ownership. Here the entire Icrust
of the earth's formation is exposed
to view. A stratum of 500 feet of
geological formations is exposed to
the eye. In this object lesson every
formation is found from POtsdam
sandstone at the base to galena lime
rock at the top, which is nowhere
else duplicated in nature through
out the great Mississippi valley.
Beautiful woodland, crested hills,
and valleys interspersed with
beautiful lakes and sparkling brooks
are found throughout this natures
wonderland. The streams and lakes
are stocked with fish, and the
natural park is alive with game,
which makes it a sportsman's
paradise. From the highest point
shifting panorama of picturesque
scenery is visible to the naked eye.
In the language of La Sale, 1T is
here the beauties of the Mississippi
reached it's zenith where the Wis
consin river empties into the great
Father of Waters" It is a park
that contains as many natural
beauties and geological wonders
within it's limited space as the
Yellowstone National park, and
should be preserved by the state or
federal government in it's primitive
state for the benefit of poster1ty.
A Recommend.