The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-06-05
COOLIDGE LODGE
FOR SUMMER IN
HIAWATHA LAND
Will Fish and Hunt in
Sector Famous for
Indian Battles.
BIZ NEA Serrice


SUPERIOR, Wis, June 5.-Imag-
inc a cold, crystal-clear river lott
ering over golden sands and tum-
bling along pebbly rapids, stretching
long loops through wide green
Halley where tall Norway and white
pines blanket the bends with deep
shade, making its unhurried way to
a great inland sea that is never
without a cool-crisp breeze
And there you have an idea of the
Brule river country, where President
Coolidge will spend his summer va
cation.
The Brule river begins in an i'm
passable swamp sixty-siX miles from
Lake Superior. 1t bubbles up out OF
black earth and wanders through
tangled jungle of cedar and scrub
alder for miles-an insignificant
creek that you Gould junnn across.
Lodge on Island
Then, after travelling about twen-
ty miles, the river energies from the
swamp lands, broadens and enters a
magnificent, pine-clad valley.
About that time it decides to cut out
the lettering and hurry up toward
the lake; and right there is where
the late Henry Clay Pierce bought
an island and put up a lodge, in
which the President will spend his
vacation.
On the island is the main lodge
It is a rustic building offering am
pie accommodations; on the second
floor are ten bedrooms, each with
its private, screened sleeping porch,
while downstairs is huge living
room with a great stone fireplace.
400 Acres in Tract
A rustic bridge leads from the is
land to the mainland, where there
are a dining hall, servants quarters,
stables and a boathouse containing
twenty canoes. Pathways, lighted at
night by electricity, lead to every
corner of the 400-acre estate.
Pierce, a wealthy oil man, first
came to the Brule river in 1886,
buying ten acres of land and putting
up small, white-washed log cabin
on the site Of the present lodge. The
country was covered by virgin forest
then.
Pierce entered the country just in
time to witness a fierce native war
The Sioux and Chippewa tribes were
contending for possession Of the
country, and they fought bitter
pitched battle up and down the
river for three days, more than 500
braves being engaged on each side.
Home of Hiawatha
The Chippewa tribe emerged vic
torious and the remnants of the
once powerful Sioux scattered south
to the barren lands of the interior.
This is the tabled land of Hia-
watha and Old Nokomis, whose
wigwam is supposed to have stood
on the shores of Gitchee Ounce
Lake Superior-near where the
Brule river enters.
The Brule village postoffice Is
about eight minutes ride by auto
mobile from the entrance of the
estate. Brule village consists of this
postofice and a tiny station Of the
Northern Pacific railway.
Deer, Bear Common
Forty miles from the estate are
Superior and Duluth, the famous
twin cities" of the head Of the
lakes and it is expected that the
Presidents headquarters will be in
Superior, a city of approximately
$4,000 people.
There is an abundance Of wild
life in this region. One day last
winter a game warden counted forty
deer on the Pierce estate. Bears
are not uncommon.
Chief of the advantages, from a
sportsman's point Of view. is the
fishing. The Brule is just about the
most famous trout stream in Wis
consin.