Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-06-03

lance between Rising Sun and Big
Bone island. On the Kentucky shore
the mouth of Big Bone creek can be
seen. About three miles inland is To-
Gated the springs from whence come
the Big Bone mineral waters. These
springs were in the middle of the last
century one of the most popular re-
sorts in the southland. The region
derives its name from the big bones of
prehistoric times found in the neigh
borhood.
Patriot, Indiana, is a little country
town of some 500 souls, about two
miles below Big Bone.
Ten miles from Patriot and Go from
Cincinnati is the prosperous town of
Warsaw, market town for a thriving
large furniture factories and several
tobacco warehouses.
Opposite Warsaw is Florence, Ind
At this place shipments of produce
and wheat are received from the sur
rounding country.
ages-Ghent in Kentucky and We
way on the Indiana side of the river
. settled by Swiss about 1913. Undoubt-
/ eddy the hills suggest in. way the
wooded foothills of their native Alps.
! There was a time when Vevay was
the greatest hay market in the coun-
/ try and the foundations of the large
warehouses can still be seen, as we'll
as the places where the vineyards of
the early settlers grew. Vevay is the
land Of the "Hoosier SchOolmaster" A
little red brick building in the quiet
village is where Edward Eggleston
taught and came in touch with the
characters that furnished him the
material to win his way to fame
through the Circuit Rider" the
'Hoosier Schoolboy" and other stories
Ten miles from Client the Ohio re
Ceives the waters of the Kentucky Iiv
er, navigable for $50 miles and de
scribed as delightfully."- charming trip
This river is the first western water
way upon which a state government
built locks and dams. These were af
forwards acquired by the national gov
eminent. CarrOlltOn. east of the Ken
lucky, is the halfway point between
Louisville and Cincinnati and where
the boats meet on their Sunday ex
!, cursiOn trip. The town has a large
distillery and is the market town fo
, the farming district. Prestonville. {
= village. is opposite the Kentucky rive
, from Carrollton.
How can one spend his time on f.;
/ steamboat, you ask? Nothing to do bu
eat and sleep, you say 1t depends
) wholly on the individual viewpoint AM
/ the faculty for adjusting one to one
) surroundings. On the Morning Sta
} on the voyage to Cincinnati and return
} which covered distance of 1920 miles
I the boat running day and night, ey
cept for stops al a few of the NOR
! important cities, there were peopl
3 who rose al and retired at s; thos
:. who knitted throughout the day an
those who read magazines; those VIII
D played bridge and poker; those who stud
e led the landscape and those who KEEP
: busy taking snapshots Of every oil
v ject that would stand still long enoug
0 TO allow them to get a focus on 1t.
One man Dragged to an Acquaintance
{ he met the first day out that he wa
+ going TO set a new record for stun
+ Der. At that time he knew only fou
l. passengers. The second day ava
e from home he was member of a pa
ty comprising FIVE men and five Iadie
g all of similar viewpoint as to whs
= constituted a good and perfectly pro-
G er way of getting the full benefit {
river voyage.
4 The man in question brought alon