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AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



The Living-room Has a Cobblestone Fireplace 



of the white man's rifle awoke them from their dreams of savage 1 

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

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

 utihzed as wood roads, crossing and recrossing in every direc 

 Fhe rocks on either side of the stream stand forth with the same bi 

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

 war whoop. 



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

 tude of this grand primeval forest remained undisturbed until in 

 year 1849 beautiful growth of hemlock attracted the eye of 

 lumberman. Mills were built and the valley resounded with the 

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

 the lumberman had completed his work and had robbed these 

 turesque hills and valleys of their finest features. 



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

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

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



The Wedding of the Waters 



Moonhaw Lodge " Is Built on the S 



