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  AMERICAN 
  HOMES 
  AND 
  GARD 
  

  

  The 
  Living-room 
  Has 
  a 
  Cobblestone 
  Fireplace 
  

  

  of 
  the 
  white 
  man's 
  rifle 
  awoke 
  them 
  from 
  their 
  dreams 
  of 
  savage 
  bliss 
  

   Every 
  foot 
  of 
  ground 
  in 
  this 
  valley 
  is 
  rich 
  with 
  the 
  associations 
  of 
  th 
  

   past, 
  for 
  here 
  is 
  to 
  be 
  found 
  hard 
  beaten 
  old 
  Indian 
  paths, 
  afterwan 
  

   utilized 
  as 
  wood 
  roads, 
  crossing 
  and 
  recrossing 
  in 
  every 
  direction 
  

   The 
  rocks 
  on 
  either 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  stream 
  stand 
  forth 
  with 
  the 
  same 
  browi 
  

   rugged 
  mystery 
  as 
  when 
  they 
  flung 
  back 
  the 
  echo 
  of 
  the 
  Moonhav 
  

   war 
  whoop. 
  

  

  For 
  a 
  full 
  century 
  after 
  the 
  title 
  passed 
  from 
  the 
  red 
  men, 
  the 
  soli 
  

   tude 
  of 
  this 
  grand 
  primeval 
  forest 
  remained 
  undisturbed 
  until 
  in 
  th> 
  

   year 
  1849 
  lis 
  beautiful 
  growth 
  of 
  hemlock 
  attracted 
  the 
  eye 
  of 
  th' 
  

   lumberman. 
  Mills 
  were 
  built 
  and 
  the 
  valley 
  resounded 
  with 
  the 
  ax 
  

   and 
  the 
  saw 
  as 
  the 
  work 
  of 
  destruction 
  went 
  on. 
  In 
  a 
  few 
  year 
  

   the 
  lumberman 
  had 
  completed 
  his 
  work 
  and 
  had 
  robbed 
  these 
  pic 
  

   turesque 
  hills 
  and 
  valleys 
  of 
  their 
  finest 
  features. 
  

  

  This 
  tract 
  of 
  land 
  adjoins 
  the 
  magnificent 
  eighty-thousand 
  acre 
  Stat 
  

   Forest 
  Preserve, 
  which 
  stretches 
  away 
  to 
  the 
  north 
  and 
  west, 
  embrac 
  

   ing 
  within 
  its 
  great 
  area 
  the 
  grandest 
  combination 
  of 
  mountain, 
  forest 
  

  

  The 
  Wedding 
  of 
  the 
  Waters 
  

  

  Moonhaw 
  Lodge 
  " 
  Is 
  Built 
  on 
  the 
  Site 
  F 
  

  

  