Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1911-10-25
BEAUTY AND MAJESTY
OF The GLENN PARK
Form Striking Picture in These
Days of Autumn.
Editor Of The Herald and Friends Pay
Visit to This County's Pic tu-
rescue Scenic Spot.

panied by his friend j. B. Haskins.
of Howard City, Mich and Richard
Meyer, of this city, took an auto trip
Saturday, to the proposed state park
on the Glenn farm, in the north
western corner of this county
1t was about ten days too late to
see that beautiful place at it's best,
the trees. having lost their finest color
ings, but. on the other hand. the
leaves had fallen from the trees tn an
extent that gave a better and more
unobstructed view of the grand scenic
panorama to be obtained from the
principal view points on the bluffs
overlooking the two grand rivers, the
Mississippi and the Wisconsin. at the
mouth of the latter, where ITS con
fuence with the father of waters"
occurs. and the country for many
miles around.
Point Lookout is upon a bold faced
bluff facing the Wisconsin river, and
is about 500 feet above the level of the
river. To the north the cities of
Prairie du Chen and North McGregor
are plainly visible, int luding the
steel bridge across the Wisconsin,
nearly a half mile in extent. and the
pontoon across the Mississippi. Our
visit to this point CHANGED to occur
when a number of trains were IN
sight on the several railroads one
upon the Milwaukee q st, Paul, on
the Iowa siie; one crossing the
pontoon bridge and swinging around
the curve on It's way to Boscobel,
Madison and beyond, while another
on the Burlington crossed the Wiscon
sin river and Numbered past, 500 feet
below "here we stood, on its way to
Chicago
The bluff underneath Point Lookout
has a number of interesting caves
which are reached by hazardous
climbing along exceedingly narrow
lodges upon the PERCEPTIONS walls Of
the cliff. The valley below and
much of the mountainous hills are
covered with timber, all in it's original
and natural state.
The canyons are all easily traversed
and through most of them a roadway
can be followed to the various view
points by conveyance. if desired.
Down one of the canyons is small
stream, tumbling over the rocks and
queer geological formations, the finest
point of which is known as Glenn
GrOtto, with IT'S walls of pictured
rocks in a multitude of colorings
formed by nature, the walls receding
as they descend. 1t is a beautiful
and romantic spot
Winding roadways traverse a mum
Der of the steep hillsides. but in spite
of the lessening of the grade thus
obtained a climb of several hundred
feet to the SUBMITS from the valley
levels makes an occasional halt for
rest and a breathing SPELL very
acceptable.
The finest collection of efigy
mounds in the state. if not in the
west, are located on the Glenn farm,
which, with three smaller tracts con
tiguous thereto. aud upon which the
state has purchase option, com prise
200 acres, with a frontage upon the
rivers of nearly seven miles. and the
most interesting things have been
discovered from them, all of which
are matters of record with the State
Archaeological society. A number of
the mounds have been opened and
Indian relics of all kinds have been
taken from them.
Robert Glenn has large collection
of these, III great variety, at his
home, which our party had the
pleasure of inspecting during the few
hours that we enjoyed the hospitality
of himself and family, after the long
tramp over the place, in which he &C
companIed us and was our untiring
and enthusiastic guide. The fact is
we'll established that this tract of
land was the home of the Bear tribe
of Winnebago Indians, and when the
great string Of famous mounds are
some day opened, under direction of
the State Archaeological society. it is
anticipated that some wonderful
things will be unearthed.
The old government military trail,
extending from the earliest forts and
trading posts to others farther west of
the Mississippi, traverses the north
ern portion of the proposed park.
We say proposed" park, for not
withstanding the reports that have
been circulated and published in a
number of Wisconsin papers, the
land has not been purchased by the