Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-12-10
A Bungalow Town.
lFrom the ST. Louis Mirror !

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East of Ironton and Arcadia,
Mo-, a high ridge or tongue of
land stretches out into beautiful
Arcadia valley, now all aflame
with autumn's gorgeous hues,
with Indian summer haze over
hanging all. Either side great
peaks of the Ozarks rise in majes-
ty, one of them theA Afamous Pilot
Knob. In the depths CLEANS a
lake, like jewel in a setting of
gold ena,meled with the splendor-
Gus colors of the fall. The specta-
Gle from this ridge is a rare blend
of sublime and tranquil beauty.
The air is pure and rare. 1t is a
veritable land of the sky.
Atop of this ridge is Arcadia
Heights, a vast acreage, control
of which has been secured by Mr..
Julius H. York. 1t is Mr.. York's
purpose to subdivide this acreage
into five acre tracts for bungalow
sites, each tract costing five hum
dred dollars, and each purchaser
to erect bungalow at a cost of
from S100 to $500. Already many
of these sites have been sold to
prominent local people. Beauti-
full roads have been laid out, wind
ing up and around the ridge, the
bungalow sites on either side the
road, and each site affording a
splendid view of the valley.
There is towering Shepherd Noun
tain, the highest peak of the
Ozarks. Below lies the place
where the battle of Pilot Knob
was fought, the ruin of Fort David
son. Over this haunt of ancient
peace once shrieked shot and shell
in fratricidal strife. Scattered
about between the little towns of
Ironton and Arcadia are the sum-
mer homes of many well-known
professional and business men of
st. Louis. Conspicuous among
them is the Emerson Mansion,
where General Grant received his
generals commission in 1861, and
entered upon the career of a
worlds immortal. 1t is now the
home of Mr.. York. Stout's Cree X
meanders through the valley too.
Springs are plentiful along the sides
of the ridge, and water is found
on the top Of the ridge at the depth
OF a few feet. The ruins of the
abandoned iron works of years
ago are touched by time into a
picturesque harmony with the
scenery. As one rides up and
around the ridge, the scene ever
changes, there flash upon the eye
new aspects of mountain and of
gorge, new harmonies of color,
new magnifcence of boulder and
sheer cliff and colossally battle
mented height. The roads ac-
clivities are easy, for horse or au-
tomobile.
According to plan of splendid
scope, there are laid out in the
acreage of Arcadia Heights, beside
the many bungalows sites, tennis
courts, athletic fields, golf links
Knob Lake at the foot of Pilo
Knob, forty acres in area, is ex'
cellent for boating and fishing
and for bathing as well Near bJ
| is Iron Mountain Lake, and a lit.
tie father off Silver Mine Lake
and the sinuous windings through
wild sylvan stretches of the beau.
tiful st. Francois River. 1t needs
no rapturous writing to translate
the scene so simply and briefly
outlined into a reminscence O.
the ancient Arcadia, where happi-
ness had it's home. A locality
was never more happily named
1t makes an ideal refuge from th,
CLAIMANT, strident, wearing world
A bungalow here on a five-acr,
tract, with the glorious view o
4 Gods handiwork ever before one
is surely the place where, th'
world forgetting, by the world for
got, temporarily, the man Of affair
may rest and refresh himself, ant
his family may pass the summe
unaware of heat. And it is only
a few hours ride from the grea
town, if one must go back.
\ The Missouri Baptists, seeking
place for their annual Assembly
have found this, and Mr.. Yorl
has donated them fifty acres TO
that purpose. Many infuentia
Baptists will take tracts and bull,
bungalows about the place. 1t i
not unlikely that other denomina
tional organizations will secur
similar areas and establish assem-