What to see in America . A Forest Fire 270 What to See in America. An enchantingsection of the stateis the St. CroixRiver Country onthe Wisconsinborder. 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
What to see in America . A Forest Fire 270 What to See in America. An enchantingsection of the stateis the St. CroixRiver Country onthe Wisconsinborder. 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 nickname
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