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1*0n-r-eh*tmliasrer~toled..rJ (CONTINUED JFBOM Ll8T^WTDEKJJ % * •fe?Si.TEREE3.[ - : . i'- •. THB SUKN ISLljjn.{ From Mrs: Josephine Graha^i we iearn some particulars concerning the so-called “sunken island” in the Tic ini ty of P*rt dm 'JfftiaL (Death's Door). Mrs. Graham states that the Island was situated In Lake Michigan, about five miles South east of Rock Island, and known as ^LBtle Gull,” because of its whitenees and appearance of a gull; at long range. Thejrslemfir;i-isI-Islandwas by one hnnof smallWeighing of regetamer oL rTittle G side .(w lake aevi fifty feet in width a formation made pat to Crocks the Island a place it. In the grim-nhantyor boose on fewer© set “out• • 4 • • • • I • •set opt in the smdll fish palate»race, on the Island of^ea pebbles, J^ra. Gralrnm went and cooked for her husband during the supuner months,istdt-isa,16nmi-but asfall approached and Old Michigan began to froth, the inhabitants of Little' Gall retained fo Rodk taUnd, where ttnrn firma wW more extended. I The * next aeaaon Little Gall was too small to even squat on—haying diminished a good deal during the winter. It continued to grow smaller each year, and long years. ago disappeared below the surface of the water. Then the spot was referred to as the outside shoaL* Still the work of “goingdown1 continued, and ji small sail erafts, oflight draft eoold navigate over tho shqhU . A few years agothe water overthe shoal was of a depth sufficient to hide the appearance of a shoal, and a large steamer suffered a heavy loss by grounding on the. bap^ To-d^y th^, pace dry inland is covered hy fathoms of water* By.ilio superstitious it is claimed that the disa ppearance of Little Gtili Island is a mystery, and-that the neighboring Islands have also settled a number of feet Landmarks prove the latter statement untrue, while the mystery connected with the “sunken Island does not seem to be difflcultto solve. The fact that the little island was entirely formed of small stone^tmquestionably heaped up by the sea—it does not seem unreasonable to suppose that the same power that rolled the stones up, could also level or roll them down.again.f-; . - .f : I-: TRE BKRTHOLF MYSTERY. .
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Sturgeon Bay Weekly Expositor Independent
Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, US
Fri, Feb 11, 1881
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Yale U.
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