Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1922-08-17
LAKE CHAMPLAIN ONE
HUNDRED MILES LONG
Abandoned Farms in New England
Largely Myth-Those FOrsak-
ken on Mountain Side
BY n. {. COLE
Part II


than a million motor vehicles and
it does not require lightning mathe.
NAUTICAL calculator to reach the con.
clusion the Empire state has mil.
lions OF money for roads. New York,
also, has more asSessable property
than any state in the union, all of
which spells improved highways. Our
journey was largely over the TR
Theodore Roosevelt) road and this
proved to be much travelled and in
good condition. One could skate along
in most places at 35 or 40 niles an
hour without fear of talk from the
back seat. The same may be said
OF many of the roads in Ohio and
other states where mountains do not
prevail. When the TR road was
bumpy we consoled ourselves that it
was characteristic of the Rough Ri
der" - 80.
Through the Adirondacks
When Albany was reached the
wheel of the car was turned toward
the nOrth-toward the Adirondacks.
THE route was through Saratoga
springs which was a famous water
ing place forty years ago and where
General Grant saw his last days. Sar-
atoga Springs has about thirty hotels
all of which wear garb of past glory.
The only thing which arouses the re
sort from it's lethergy now is the
races which take place in August.
Then the hotels FIJI, there is plenty
of gambling, and those who seek that
sort of life proclaim they are having
a good time. Decrepid individuals
linger about during the remainder of
the summer III order TO partake of
the waters which flow from numerous
springs largely under government con
troll.
The road through the Adirondacks
was not mountainous. There were
slight grades, far from as steep as
those on the bluffs about Baraboo.
The highway is the main one between
New York City and Canada, so the
cars were as. numerous as one sees
them on the Baraboo-Kilb0urn road
on a busy afternoon.
In part the automobile road follows
the trail taken by the French and
Indians when they swooped down up
on the colonists in pre-RevOlutiOnary
times or when the colonists in
vaded the Dominion. Battles were
! fought at Ticonderoga, Plattsburg,
and other places in this sectionl
Much of the wool and warp of early
American history have threads from
the Lake George and Champlain
region.
The last named inland body of
water is almost one hundred miles
long, with the Adirondack mountains
on one side and the Green noun
tains on the other. Champlain does
not look like {. lake, more like ri
YER In places it is broad and i'm
pressive in others filled with islands,
and in still others compressed be-
tween rugged shores. 1t must have Civ
en- Champlain and his men a thrill to
discover SO beautiful a body of water,
one so interesting. Some of the views
across the lake are about as beautiful
as one finds anywhere and to fully en-
JOY one closing day we built a fire
in a park on the shore, INDUCED in
refreshments and permitted the night
to gather about us before vending our
way to a hotel.
The early days of John Brown were
spent, in the Adirondacks and after
his fitful career he was buried at
North Elba in the Empire state. 9th
ers as noted have dwelt in the noun
tains and now thousands seek its
cool Businesses during the heated
months.
At Plattsburg, near the northern
extremity of Lake Champlain, we
smiled upon a ferryman and halted
at Burlington, Vermont, the home Of
F. Henry Holt, the writer and publisher.
Burlington was our first stop in New
England
Yankee Pioneers
New England has sent many pioneers
and those of a later date Barahoo
way. Among these are:
From Vermont-Eben Peck, James
Maxwell, ]. c. Chandler.
From New Hampshire-Col. ID. s.
Vittum.
From Massachusetts - Prescott
Brigham, Col. A. w. Starks, Mrs. ]. c.
Chandler.
From Maine-the Glovers.
From Connecricut-Harvey Can
field, Alfred Avery, r. G. Camp.
These and others were the builders
of Barabso and naturally one would
like to visit the land from which they
came. New England is not a large
region but is rich is historic interest
literary shrines, and animated scenes.
The way 10 visit this region is by
automobile and therefore we added to
the mileage of our car by making