A BIT OF OLD WISCONSIN 



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peaceful waters gleam and 

 glisten, we have a most im- 

 portant asset, surely destined 

 to be famous. 



Down through one side of 

 the area for miles winds the 

 historic Flambeau which opened 

 a new vision to the early ex- 

 plorers and which has carried 

 on its broad bosom in years 

 gone by untold millions of 

 white pine logs, fitly named, 

 one would think, in the fall of 

 the year, for its flaming walls 

 of gold and crimson. Beside 

 it, strung along the shifting 

 bed of a great pre-glacial river 

 and separated here and there 

 by rolling moraines, lies a chain 

 of spring-fed lakes, fourteen in 

 all, each a gem in its own right. 

 No black burned stumps offend 

 the eye, no gash or scar. The 

 sentinel pine, the soft fronded 

 hemlock and all the sturdy 

 northern hardwoods, the cedar, 

 spruce and balsam, bend as of 

 centuries ago above beaches of 

 clean sand and waters clear as 

 crystal. Springs and streams 

 are everywhere. Trails, many 

 of them first worn by the red 

 men, rise and dip and wind in 

 all directions. All this within 

 boundaries compact yet wholly 

 ample. 



Until recently inaccessible, 

 well graded highways have at 

 last entered its portals and, 

 once acquired, a few miles of 

 driveway and the laying out of 

 public camp grounds, bathing 

 beaches and other facilities, 

 will open it to all. We are 

 working against time to bring 

 this about, for the loggers have 

 reached its borders, and only 

 the generous support of the 

 press and a fast growing senti- 

 ment that the thing must be 

 accomplished, has kept it as it 

 is. That it will be saved as an- 

 other link in the chain of great 

 public playgrounds, from East 

 to West, seems certain. 



Just a few weeks ago, while 

 the colorings of autumn were 



WHEN THE COLORINGS OF AUTUMN WEKE BRIGHTEST, THE AUT1U)U VACATIONED, 

 FOR A PURE GOLD WEEK, IN THE PARK, CANOEING DOWN THE RIVER AND TIP 

 THE LAKES, CARRYING THE FEW SHORT PORTAGES, PISHING, PHOTOGRAPHING 

 AND SHELTERING AT NIGHT WITH ONLY THE STARS TO SEE. 



