Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-07-04
Letter From Minnesota.

Letter From Minnesota.
Ed. Register Just from the trip
around the "Twin Cities" pros
porous, progressive and pictur-
esque, we are inspired to tell the
editor of the REGISTER some things
offered as interesting viewpoints
in and around st. Paul and Min
neapolis. The first thing that i'm
presses the visitor is the luxuriant
vegetation and the unsurpassed
groves of trees, which are not only
to be found in double lines up and
down the streets, but every lawn
seems to have it's own shady dell,
guarded not by shrubbery merely,
but by immense trees. Nature is
indeed generous in her gifts. No.
where, not even in Southern Cali
fornia, have we seen such large
and beautiful lilac and SNOWFALL
bushes, and each a Towering tree,
full of beauty and fragrance.
The great grain elevators soon
impress every visitor that Min
neapolis is a humming business
center. stThe Flour City" is a
town of push and business, and
the outlook promises, and past
records prove, that it is to have a
great future.
st. Paul, the smaller of the two
cities, seems a "City on Seven
Hills" It is built on the high
rocky cliffs of the deep gorged
Mississippi, which links the two
great Northern cities with it's rest
less waters.
In and around these cities is a
cool, clear, refreshing atmosphere,
broad fertile plains stretch to rug
ged ridges, cool forests and spark
ling streams. Beautiful homes,
we'll kept farms, shimmering lakes,
and rushing falls, with charming
spots of nature in her virginia.
wildness, form scenery of unsur-
passed beauty.
These cities have a very fine
Twin City Rapid Transit Com
pany service, of which they justly
boast. These lines reach every
resort and point of interest. Using
"the interurbans" between the
twin cities a very good idea may
be formed of the geography of the
places, as well as much interesting
sightseeing. The most complete
and comprehensive view to be had
by trolley is to be obtained by talk
ing the "Sightseera" electric car.
which makes a forty mile trip
brimfull of information and pleas
ure. This trip requires a full hall
day, and not a moment of weari-
ness is experienced, for the guide
keeps up his interesting descrip-
ton of buildings, parks and streets,
while the time slips away only too
rapidly. At almost every turn a
beautiful little park is spread-its
little lake -glistening in the sun,
with trees and flowers beckoning
you to quiet and rest.
Down in the heart of the bust
ness section of st. Paul is the new
State capitol of Minnesota. This
magnificent white marble building
is 1888 feet long, and 22S feet wide
in the central portion. We are
told it took twelve years to COM
plete the structure. The exterior
is of white marble; the interior,
also of marble, is built from pro-
ducts of Italy, France, Greece and
Africa, with contributions from
many 'of the States. The great
dome, which is 220 feet high, ranks
among the famous domes of the
world, and they tell us rivals st,
Peters at Rome in impressiveness
1--WE can't vouch for this latter
statement since we have not visit
ed st. Peter's). Minnesota people
also claim that their capitol's only
competitor in architectural design
and stately interior beauty is the
Congressional Library at Wash
ington. Many beautiful buildings
are seen en- route; many parks and
beautiful tree-lined boulevards are
passed. We are all interest when
told that Minnehaha River, the
outlet of Lake Minnetonka, is be-
ing crossed. Beautiful "Laughing
Water" Here we are at Mime
haha Falls, dear to every Ameri-
can, not only for the beauty of the
falls, but on account of Longfellow
having immortalized the beauty Of
the place by his poem "Hiawatha.'
No cascade is more celebrated in
American poetry, and few, if any.
claim a surer charm for the visitor,
The falls are about forty or fifty
feet high, and the whole section
about them has been made &C.
cessible by rustic paths and
bridges. 1t would take hours tc
tell Of the beauty and grandeur Of
that wooded glen!
Farther down we cross the Mis-
sissippi over the new Lake stree
bridge. There is to be seen thu
United States lock and dam No. 2
which is being built to provide
navigable waterway to Mime
apolis. After leaving here a con,
siderable portion of the city il
crossed, and weare taken to Indiar
Mounds Park. This park occupies
80 acres, and is situated on tn,
margin of high bluffs overlooking
an elbow in the Mississippi river
This bluff is crowned with five su
perb cone shaped Indian mounds
from which the park takes it
name. From the top of thes
mounds a far reaching view Of tn
river and two cities lis hardl.