The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1922-09-15
TRIP in THE EAST
ENJOYED GREATLY
BY S. H. GRANNIS

ilinS tne most interesting. nlSOrlcal
spots in New England and lower
Canada S. II. Grahnis a direct de-
scendant OF an officer in command
OF regiment of the Green Noun
tain Boys of Vermont, has a very
mis- and his daughter, Miss Esther
Grannis, and Miss Mamie Mountain,
Librarians at the State Teachers
college at st. Cloud, left that city
by auto on August /, and drove to
Duluth, where the machine was
placed aboard lake steamer and
sent to Sarnia at the outlet of Lake
Huron. From this point the. party
motored across country to Niagara
Falls, where the stupendous grand
eur of that waterfall was viewed
with great interest. From this point
east through the city of Buffalo, and
past the beautiful lakes of New York
state. At Albany where Miss Gran
mis- and Miss Mountain had received
their library education, stop was
made and the State House was Wis
tied. This building covers a block
of ground. After taking in the many
interesting sights in Albany the. trip
was continued across the Hudson
river to Pittsfield in order to get to
From those beautiful hills the jour
ney was continued through the
Green Mountains to Bennington,
Vermont, where there is a monu-
ment 306 feet high on a hill over
looking the famous battle grounds
of Bennington fought under General
Stark during the Revolutionary war.
The party assembled the monument,
and were more than ordinarily in
terested in the scene spread out be-
low them. This was due to the fact
that Lieutenant Samuel Ashley, the
great grandfather of Mr.. Grannis
and his maternal grandfather, Col
onel Oliver Ashley fought in this
battle and received the famous
words direct from the lips of Gener-
al Stark which every American
school boy learned in early school
days, Boys. you see those redcoats
before you. Before nist they are
ours, or Mollie Stark is widow"
This battle was fought by Massa-
chusetts, Vermont and New Hamp-
shire militia, and contributed ma
terially TO the success of the fol-
lowing battle of Saratoga under
General Gates.
The next stop was made at Clare
mont, N. H., the birthplace of Mr.
Grannis, where a week was spent,
visiting cousins and old schoolmates
but most of their names were found
engraved on the marble slabs in the
church yard. The names of most of
the relatives of the Grannis family
were found on the headstones of an
old cemetery by the Episcopal
church built in 1772. Church was
attended there, and the party sat in
the same pew, where Mr.. Grannis
and his parents sat when he was a
boy.
Claremont is a beautiful town, &C
cording to the statement of Mr..
Grannis Six miles up the Connec-
ticut river the famous studio OF st.
Gaudens was visited, where it is sit
,uated on a high hill surrounded by
beautiful pines and immense flow
er garden. His workshop is there
just as he left it. ST. Gaudens was
made famous by his statue of Pres
ident Lincoln! His grave is now
short distance down the hill sur
rounded by pines Secretary Chase
of President Lincoln's cabinet was
born close by. President Wilson
once made his summer home not far
away.
From Claremont drive of 100
miles up the Connecticut valley
brought the tourists to Lancaster, N.
H. Cousins were visited there, and
grand trip through Franconla
Notch in the White Mountains was
made.
brought the travellers to Johnsbeny,
Another pleasant motor trip
made, and thence on to Burlington,
rounded by pines. Secretary Chase
PLANE over the series of rugged is
lands, connected by bridges and fer
ries. The city of Montreal was
reached after crossing the Victorian
bridge across the st. Lawrence riv-
er. This is the longest bridge in Am.
erica. From the river to Montreal
one passes through some of the best
apple orchards in that part Of the
country. One of the interesting
spots on the way from the st. Law
renee to Montreal is Mount Roose-
Welt, and at the outlet of Lake
Champlain the old French Fort
Chambly built by the FEench in
1866. is constructed of stone and
is still in a good state of preserva-
ton. After General Wolfe's victory
where both brave men lost their
lives Fort Chambly fell into the
hands of the BIRTHS.
The tourists had much to see in
the city of Montreal and the sur
rounding country, the great eleva-
tors, were grain is taken from the
Lake boats to be transferred to
ocean going steamers; the cold stor-
age plants among the largest in the
world; the church of Notre Dame,
the Oldest and perhaps the grandesT
in North America. 1t seats 11,000
people. ST. James Cathedral, said
to be ! the only one of its kind in
America. This edifice is patterned
after st Peters at Rome. The Roy
al Victorian hospital. 80.
After taking in all of>those inter.
esting sights, the party shipped
their machine back by boat to Du-
luth.
While on the trip they. camped
out all of the way and gained health
and strength, and were well pleased
with their very interesting journey.
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