. An illustrated history of the counties of Rock and Pipestone, Minnesota. e risiial steepness,but rise by moderate slopes to the generallevel of the undulating upland. Flowinginto Rock river within the county are theChaiipepedanand Klkcreeks, fromtheeast,and ^Immd and Ash creeks, from the two former flow through deeply cutvallevs ami are from fifty to one hundredfeet below the general level. Another trib-utarv of the l»ock. which, however, entersit b(>voiid the boundaries of Rock the Kanaran/.i. flowing through the east-ern and soutliern parts of Kanaranzitowiishi|) in
. An illustrated history of the counties of Rock and Pipestone, Minnesota. e risiial steepness,but rise by moderate slopes to the generallevel of the undulating upland. Flowinginto Rock river within the county are theChaiipepedanand Klkcreeks, fromtheeast,and ^Immd and Ash creeks, from the two former flow through deeply cutvallevs ami are from fifty to one hundredfeet below the general level. Another trib-utarv of the l»ock. which, however, entersit b(>voiid the boundaries of Rock the Kanaran/.i. flowing through the east-ern and soutliern parts of Kanaranzitowiishi|) in a deep-cut dianiiel. From the vieinitv ol Luverne to thestate line and farther south timber is near-ly continuous in a narrow belt along Rockriver. Its most abundant species are Cot-tonwood, soft ma]ile. white elm and whiteash; box-elder and bur oak ociMir less fre-i|ueull\ : and bass is absent. Wild plums,grapes and gooseberries are beautifully spreading elms, fully six- conntlfs do, but Rock is the only one all its to the THE BLUE MOUNDS I HISTORY OF ItoCK OOITNTY. 221 tv IVit in lipiglit, gTow beside the rivernear Luvenie. Farther t(3 the iKirth tim-ber is foiinrl sparingly and in occasionaloroves along tlie lioek river. On the trih-utaiiis dl tliis stream in T^oek county,and iin Split .Rock and Heaver creeks,timber is absent or veiy scanty. HiMver creek drains a large part of thewestern portion of Rock county, and. likeiiearlv all the streams of the county, iscut deep below the general surface of theland. It lias its sources in Rose Dell andlleiiver to\vnshi]is. flows south and south-west and eni])ties into the Rig Sioux be-yond the countys boundaries. In its courseit receives the waters of several unini-])ortant streams. ^lud creek drains asmall territory of southwestern Rock coun-ty and empties into tlie Rig Sioux. A picturesque stream is the SplitRock river, which drains the northwesternpart of Roek county and finds i
Size: 1353px × 1847px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1910, bookidillustratedhistorrpm00ros
