Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-04-14
To Show Arcadia Valley.

From the st. Louis Globe-Democrat.l
The State Board of immigration
has announced a plan for the Iron
ton Land and Industrial Congress
May Oath and 25th that is unique
and will establish a precedent for
future meetings. Instead of the
ordinary dry exhibit of live stock,
grains, grasses and fruits, it mas
been arranged to show the country
to all visitors free of charge. The
immigration Commission has con-
ceived the idea that people visiting
Missouri are desirous either of
seeking residences or places for
rest and recreation, or are looking
for farm homes. Both of these
classes of visitors are to be shown
the Arcadia Valley.
Three beautiful drives have
been made out which will take in
all of the scenic beauties of the
valley, as well as the farms and
watering places These drives
will be conducted in brigades.
Each wagon OF carriage will have
its announcer, who will describe
objects of interest. The Congress
will last two days. The first drive
will take place from Z to 10 A. M,
winding up at the Auditorium,
where the meeting will be held
from 10 to II. The afternoon
meeting will close at A, followed
by the evening drive from 4 to 6.
The third and last drive will take
place the following morning from
Ito 10.
The first calvacade will start
from the courthouse at 7 o'clock,
passing by Rieke's alfalfa field,
showing alfalfa in full blossom.
The procession will pass around
Pilot Knob Lake, a beautiful body
of water, and will visit old Fort
Davidson, one of the historic
places of the civil war, and Pilot
Knob battlefield, where 1000 men
were killed during an engagement
OF Gen. Prices army. From the
battle field the party will be taken
around the base of Shepherds
Mountain to Shepherd Valley
stock farm, where will be shown
the fine cattle OF the region. At
McKee's fruit farm will be seer
orchards in full growth; Rudy's
mule and goat farm, Carty's sheep
ranch and the small farms colony,
where a number of farmers are
improving and building up farms
from five to twenty acres each, will
be visited. After passing Potter's
and Pierce's farms, where corn,
wheat and other staples will be
seen, the brigade will enter
Goulding Park, passing in the lee
of Goulding Castle, past Arcadia
Heights School and back to the
Courthouse.
The second drive will be direct
to Pilot Knob Lake via Pilot Knob
Mountain, through York's fve-
acre farms colony and over Ar
cadia Heights to Ozark Inn, wind
ing up at sunset with the band
concert at Sunset Rock in the
Baptist Assembly grounds, one of
the most beautiful scenes in the
Mississippi Valley. After the
band concert, the brigade will go
down the Twist road past Jersey
Dale dairy farm, thence back to
headquarters.
The third drive will include
visits to York Mansion and to
Grants oak and monument, where
Gen. Grant received his first COM
mission; a drive along Stout's
Creek, past Fort Hill, through the
town of Arcadia with its beautiful
parks and grounds, and the
Ursuline Convent; visits to
Bethesda Spring and the cathedral,
Bungalow Town, Epworth Among
the Hills, where the Epworth
League is creating it's summer
home; a trip down the county
road known as st. Louis Lane,
where numbers of St. Louis peo-
pie have their summer homes; past
Russell's dairy farm and the Shut
In Falls and Rapids, with its
beautiful scenery and peculiar
rock formation. A view will be
taken of the United States Rifle
of 100 acres, and the start
back will be made past Tom
Johnson's truck farm filled with
the choicest edibles for the table. ]
a long look at Mulligan's ,
swimming hole the party will re-
turn to headquarters along part of {
the road traversed by Prices
army during the civil war, when
he had 10000 soldiers in march. !
The farmers of the Arcadia |
region are vying with one another I
in getting up unique conveyances
Conveyances have already been
arranged'f for more than 1000 peo- 1
pie. Prizes have been offered by :
the immigration Commission by
various interests in st. Louis and /
by the local merchants in Ironton I
for the best and most appropriate ,
conveyances in these brigades.
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