The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-02-14
TO PIES rive BEAUTY
OF FAMOUS MOUNTAIN
View from Mount Holyoke, in
Connecticut Valley. One OF
Finest in the World.

From, The Springfield. Mass. Republican.
Mount Eolyoke and Mount Tom have
STOOD in the same relative position to
this region vas permanently fixed by
some final prinleval event; they have
been linked together in uplifting
Thought and glowing tribute since civ
rittzed man gave them their present
names and perceived the value of their
arrangement in one of the most in
spiring and beautiful of natural scenes.
rheir impressive situation. which has
been described AS that of sentinels a,
the gateway of the upper Connecticut
valley, is beyond the power OF man to
change, but 1t is within the power and
the nature of man to maj their
aspect and to debar the people from
free access and full enjoyment of their
wooded spaces and magnificent out
looks ii is possible to despoil one and
preserve the other. and it is in view
of the actual danger of such discrin1-
;tyation, lamentable in Itself and incon-
Aslstent with the Dor of sentiment by
which they are Joined In the hearts OF
the people. that a project is undertaken
which aims first Immediately to insure
preservation, and offers as a grand and
Inspiring. but not impracticable. vision
of the future a physical reunion Of the
w ranges by a bridge across the Con-
Mecticnt river. which the earned say,
oIlC CHILL IA SOIuC CdIlY OCTlOO
of the earth's development.
Mount Tom was first called to the at
tentfon of the people as requiring pro-
lection from he commercial exploita-
zion which threatened its woods and
fedges. and as being -conspicuously
states policy of preserving for all time
by public ownership of spots of ex-
ceptional natural beauty. The purpose
OF those i worked for the establish
inent of The Mount o reservation
had been but just accomplished when
certain conditions affecting Mount
HOlyoNe came about. BY the death Of
John Dwight the Prospect house on
Mount Holyolse and the upper portion
OF the mountain itself came upon the
which a division Of the estate was
probable and injury to features of nat
uxal beauty and closure against tho
public We're very likely to ensue. Tho
same public spirit which had battled
for the preservation of Mount Tom at
once aroused itself on behalf OF Mount
Hoyoke. Some Of the same people In
terested themselves. notably Chris
gopher Clarks. of Northampton, who
led in the Mount Tom reservation
movement.
1t was seen tina the first work to be
done al to place in hands friendly to
the public interest the Dwight property,
and Il plan has been formulated for the
accomplishment of this purpose. which
Is sc far advanced that there
seems no doubt of it's success. A COM
pany is to be organized to take over the
entire interest OF the late job Dwight
on Mount Holyoke. comprising 233
acres of woodland. the Prospect house.
the cable road and the halfway house.
This project, like the Mount Tom res
%ervation plan. was undertaken by
Christopher Clarke, of Northampton,
who hopes to carry 1t through to COM
pletion, which will make it n OF the
resorts OF greatest natural beauty in
New England. He considers the scenic
beauty of this and surround
.ins territory to be unsurpassed any
where in the world, as may be judged
by the testimony of the worldwide
travellers. who have called the scene
from Mount Holyoke the finest cult
waited view in the world. Its beauty
was y prominent factor in causing the
famous Swedish songstress, Jenny
Lind. to spend a honeymoon of several
months after her marriage to Otto
Galdschmidt at the OLD hotel on Round
hill In Northampton. from which there
was an unobstructed view Of Mount
Holyoae and the meadows.