What to see in America . At TaylorsFalls you find theDalles, where theriver eddies in deepcanyons of traprock, and where theDevils Chair andthe Old Man ofthe Dalles and theWashington Rockand many more fan-tasies in stone frowndown on the wildwaters. A half hundredmiles south of the Mississippibroadens into LakePepin, that meas-ures three milesfrom shore to shore,and no less thanthirty miles fromend to end, and isflanked by mightyrock-crowned high-lands, which some-times rise five hun-dred feet above the Minnesota 271 river. Lake City and Frontenac are favorite resorts on theshores of t
What to see in America . At TaylorsFalls you find theDalles, where theriver eddies in deepcanyons of traprock, and where theDevils Chair andthe Old Man ofthe Dalles and theWashington Rockand many more fan-tasies in stone frowndown on the wildwaters. A half hundredmiles south of the Mississippibroadens into LakePepin, that meas-ures three milesfrom shore to shore,and no less thanthirty miles fromend to end, and isflanked by mightyrock-crowned high-lands, which some-times rise five hun-dred feet above the Minnesota 271 river. Lake City and Frontenac are favorite resorts on theshores of this so-called lake. Just above the head of thelake is Red Wing, on a bluff overlooking a long sweep ofthe picturebook region of the Upper Mississippi. Here isexcellent fishing for bass, pickerel, and wall-eyed pike. Minnesota is called the North Star State, a title itderives from the Star of the north on its seal. The peopleare nicknamed Gophers, from the abundance of thisspecies of ground squirrel in the state. .-X#^ -. A Lock at the Keokuk Dam XXIX Iowa Iowa is the farmers paradise. Nearly every acre of it canbe cultivated, and repays generously the labor bestowed, theclimate is kindly yet bracing, and access to markets isphenomenally easy. Every county seat has at least onerailroad running through it. Iowa is the most purelyagricultural of all the states, and it excels the others inraising hogs and horses. Its name is that of a tribe ofIndians which formerly dwelt in the region, and means Sleepy Ones. It is popularly called the Hawkeye State,from an Indian chief of that name who was a terror totravelers there in early days. The people are nicknamedHawkeyes. Iowa is a typical prairie plain. It has nomountains, but the banks of the rivers are lined by boldlimestone bluffs alternating with picturesque ravines. Inthe northeast portion are hills, down whose rock ledges the 272 Iowa 273 streams often leap in attractive waterfalls. The vicinity ofMt. ^McGregor in this part of the s
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