My Rambles in the Enchanted Summer Land of the Great Northwest; During the Tourist Season of 1881 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1882 Excerpt: ...beech and maple grove, upon the softly sloping hillside, drink the fabled water, clear and cool and curative. The spring boils up at the foot of the Grand Chute Rapids. Fishing, duck shooting, boating and riding keep the whilom guests busy. Appleton numbers nearly 8,000, and as a town is beautifully laid out and built. Its main hotels are the Waverly, Northwestern and Appleton. Yet northward, reaching Gueen Bay, situated upon that important arm of Lake Michigan--Green Bay, a sharp indention, guarded by a yet sharper, long projection of land. The town is a historic landmark, and has since its first settlement been famous as a summer resort. It seems almost drifted away from the world, this modern Venice--verily drifting upon the restless tide, since to the north, the south, the east, it is water-girt. Of a necessity its climate is cool and pure. It is protected by its situation from epidemic and malarial influences. Its regularly angled streets are shaded with grand old elms, poplars and maples, forming leafy archways over the avenues beneath. Living springs supply its 15,000 people with water, aided by a valuable artesian well. The Fox river is 1,500 feet wide at this point, gradually widening into Green Bay, an expanse of water 150 miles long with a bread l h of fifteen miles. Its sandy beach affords excellent bathing facihties. The best hotels are the Beaumont, Cook's and Bay City. Fort Howard is directly opposite Green Bay, on the other side of Fox river, and connected with it by means of four bridges. North of Green Bay, the road runs through a directly contrasting country. Farms disappear; rural villas resolve themselves into queer little cabins; and the immense granaries dwindle down to cone-shaped, sharp-pointed structures wherein charcoal is made in...