Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-08-06
JOHN HOWE
IN PATH OF
BIG CYCLONE
Graphic Story of Motor Trip
Through YankeeIand.
Friend Az:

When I look back along the trail
to the other end and think of the ex-
periences we have had, and of the
things we have seen since we left
Lancaster ten days ago, [ feel that 7
owe it to my Lancaster friends to
tell them about some of our experience
es and of some of the sights we have
taken in along the way so that some
OF them may go and do likewise. I.eav-
Ing Lancaster Monday, July 7th. we
motored leisurely to Milwaukee over
-. in fine condition that day, follow
ing the rain of the night before. We
spent the night at the Martin in Mil
waukee, taking the boat next morning
for Grand Haven where we arrived aft
800 p. m. We were delayed an hour
waiting for our car, so drove only to
Kalamazoo that night. Concrete to
Holland and gravel the rest of the
way, the roads were good, but not
so well marked as our Wisconsin
roads. In truth, no state through
which we have driven compares with
our own in that respect At the Bur
dick in Kalamazoo 1 found an old ac-
Quaintance at the register Billy Mich
OILS, for twenty years clerk at the
Capital House, Madison. OF course he
gave us fine rooms and every atten-
ton
Leaving Kalamazoo early Wednes-
day morning we drove through some
very fine cities including Battle Creek.
Jackson and Ann Arbor to Detroit.
Concrete all the way.
Down the Lakes
At Detroit we boarded the steam
ship City of Detroit at $3.50 p. M for
Buffalo. This steamer is really a float
ing palace so beautifully is it furnish
ed | have been on board in my life
time many lake and river steamships
on the Great Lakes and on the Hud=
son and the St. Lawrence, but I have
never been aboard so fine a boat as
this The trip through Lake Erie was
restful and enjoyable in the extreme,
ana when we reached Buffalo Thurs
day morning we were ready for a
long drive through northern New
York We first motored to Niagara
Falls and spent several hours doing
the Falls on both sides of the river.
Though [ have visited the Falls at
least six or seven times I have never
seen them under more favorable con-
ditions. The sky was almost cloudless
and the atmosphere clear and cool, in
bows in both the Canadian and the
American Falls were most brilliant.
We longed for our friends at home
TO see them with us. We left Niagara
at 200 p. m. and drove through some
very fine cities to a point twenty miles
east of Watertown where we spent the
night at a farm house. The farm is
operated by a young couple of more
than ordinary intelligence, the man
being an ex-engineer of the n. 7. Cen
trail and the wife a graduate nurse.
Such good clean beds, and such good
meals, and such a quiet, restful night
as we had. 1t has any hotel beat
mile
Through the Fruit District
The first fifty or sixty miles out OF
Niagara is a wonderful fruit growing
section Apples, peaches, grapes and
cherries. The latter were in their
prime and hundreds of pickers were
at work. From Niagara to Rochester
the road follows the Erie Canal most
Of the way Passing through Lock
port Albion, Brockport and Medina,
all very pretty towns. From ROches-
ter we took the northern route to Us
wego and WATERFOWL, both line cues
From Watertown through to Malone
q,
Plattsburg. the land is stony ana
poor with many implanted and delap-
idated farm houses along the way.
All northern New York is beautiful
to motor through. After leaving wa
tertown the Adirondacks are in slght
all the way. The roads are all con-
crete. We spent Friday night at Ma
lone and Saturday morning drove OH
to PTattshure where we had a days
visit with my sister, made a lew CANS
upon the few of my old friends VINO
remain, and Sunday afternoon we lett
for Port Henry via PlattSburg, Sara
nae Lake, Mirror Lake and Lake TIA
cid We drove through the very hearI
of the Adirondacks that afternoon
covering 125 miles of Scenic Amerl-
ca" the most wonderful drive L ever
took in my life not excepting tLe
drive over the Mahawk Tran which
we have since covered. The drive from
Lake Placid through Wilgington notcn
to Westport on Lake Champlaln IS one
continual thrill. Then a couple OF day
with my sister and other trlenas a.
Port Henry, days drive down Ile
west shore of Lake ChampIalh anu
Lake George, and along the Huueo 'il
river to Troy and over the MOI" :" y. y
Irau through northern he'o''' -, O,
to the western summit oVerloohin9
North Adams: a rise of twelve hun
bred feet in five miles tries the motor
but she makes the first Thousand feet
on high running 20 miles an hour TO
Hair Pin Point. At the summit 1,, we
leased cottage for the night. WIZ VI
q view that is not surpassed east u
the Rockies.
And The last lap to Boston Leavins !.
Summit at $50 a. m. IN qIIV il -
rain We descend the eastern slope OF
the mountains soon reaching Green
field. the eastern terminus Of the Mo- O.
hawk Trail. We stop for lunch al
Fitchburg and are caught in I, TOT a.s
uado that does damage to bulldl np{s
Of half a million dollars, upTooes
trees, kills two people and HJui Ice
fifty others, all in the few minutes We
were in the Fitchburg cafeterla ., 20