Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-11-09
HIDDEN SCENIC SPOT
Hahatonka Nseds a Main
Line Railroad to Com.
pare With Resorts.

1T one at Mi>Souri's maiu
line railroads had run within te.
or fifteen nil, OF nahatonka, j,
would he the best kn.wn scenic
spot between the Alh-si,aries AN;
Pixies Peak today observed
'hr'oa Tray Ter.
The railr ads hav" IT,, clnpeG
the scenic spots Of America
ti,u (irauu Canyon " nd lie /.
lam" only Ia the a~vrra,.r Am"r,.
AN Int for the Mr \ 1T ia
SAINTS te Tr Nnrlwr, IA iii
,ammer-d away on HE wnii,,erS
fth. Nrlu"sina" nnlll it's ngii
IA" public Interest,". Tile Great
Northern is doing %ihrSann. thing
for Glacier National Park, an an
ynown r+Yim unail ,iie II rs
Nnsrtl its pass'n ~,rrtrahir value"
mi began their lNn''ita tN cam
.aiYtt SiN wears u! q.
TN" uniirnds even ms d.
'c"nic %n h-r~ "f si"'lS that
W,.nrn'L The Garlrn # ll
ii Il )" near Mani,nn. i, :: veg,
Infr'inr in,e,,..: paint. bu rail
road publicity made it II stand
ard tourist attraction for Wears.
Hrr, il Camden tnun'N, M,,
sour, not far from Kansas tl'A
As The rruw flies ~ ~.Itii-r"uit
City ~ Joplin. j.. Il REGION that
never las ia,i..l III a~Lun.stt aii,I
delight uto~t. WIZ, have. seen il
From 10th - scenic and :, sport
ing v~irnIoint it Is suprr,u" III
much IF COlnrnd.. M pant uf
the Adiron,iarks or t'A,HlGi :
compares itlI H..
"A pound and a half trout is ii
youth wI,ie IN Colorado
In the c,.lu waters of l%IalGniYtihH
| AK. rainbow front have grown
to fourteen ponds a trout
tbOvr five mLuIs eNcltns no rru,-
ment. THE streams abound in
Jack salmon, ! It'll" month am! biz
mouth bass, %>j,ckleu aud ram.
bow front, rrappi. amt perch
Is more. %armnunu, j., lii-
.inl"r-u ~fn>tmrsSt.s OF the Man
qua HIS than an, where. ei~r 10
ihe Middl" Vest. .
AS for lis itA >ren'r beauty
Jenny nf Lhs UnilNd t,t,le~
Geological Survey. ulmhts sn,n
most Of his lif- in the mountain
nus rr.i"nS Of the West. irri,r>
that he nrve, as seen anulll /
region that furnishes ;i~ iI.:,i,,
plnto"inph vows. Tnn
gr Attest caves in the Middle
WeA, ar. liirle. ,.,i- containing
unAA >tainGniir thirty feet
h,gl, and twenty four feet in clr
cumftrtnrt, the largest Of it.
kind IN record. There. j. II pc
culiar d, pr.sslun that takes the
form of Il natural ampl.iLl,ratci
Of solid rock in MIiicl Il Llock OF
office buildings would he hidden
Hahatonka Spring, which feeds
The lake, las Il flow of II million
feet a day, more than twice
the amount uf water Kansas City
Uses. Six thousand dydro elec
tric horsepower can be develop
I'd there with a six.foOt dam, az
,Ording to a report of the United
States engineering corps. There
5 a natural bridge as large as the
Bridge.
And HaI,aionka is far from
nnimpr0ved. The lat" r
VI. $ yd"r Of Kansas City. wIN
ypueln tit" nIor"rtv in 1908
spent 300, 600 IN 'inpr"vrm MIS-
f. built 'OngII .,L"nr mansion
&l'OW 600 ON bluff three
lunIr, d feet above the lake, rs
picturesque Hs n batnni Il castle
~ the Rhine.
"Ihc three nearest railroad
are I;agnell. ut the eud Of
Missouri Pacific branch line,
nn the Rock Island,
nd Lebanon ON the ST. Louis.
,pringfield line Ct til" Frisco.
III are within twenty five to for
Y miles, but the roads from
.-l V.,yn;Ila, me. t.,,l |.