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courses of Jowa are ho numerous that almost every section of land is touched or crossed by a stream of living water.IjAKBH.In Homo of tho nortliorn counties of Iowa there nr« many Hiniill lint bouuti-ful lakes, Homo of which wo will uol.ioo.They uro a part of the system of lakes extending northward into Minnesota, and present many interesting foaturoH which tho limits of this pamphlet will not permit us to give in detail. The following are among the most noted of the lakes of Northern Iowa: Clear lake, in Corro Gordo county ; Kico hike,Silver lake, and Hright's lake, in Worth county; Crystal lake, Eagle lake, Lake Edward, and Twin lakes in Hancock county; Owl lake, in Humboldt county;Lake Gertrude, Lake Cornelia, Elm lake, and Wall lake, in Wright county ;Lake Caro, in Hamilton county ; Twin lakes, in Calhoun countyWall lake, in Sac county; Swan lake, in Emmet county ; Storm lake, in Hucna Vista county ; and Okoboji and Spirit lakes, in Dickinson county. Nearly all of these are clear, abounding in many excellent varieties of fish, which are caught abundantly by the. settlors at all pro|or seasons of tho year. The name Wall lake, applied to several of these bodies of water, is derived from the fact that a line or ridge of boulders extends around them, giving them the appeuranee of having been walled. Most of them exhibit the same appearance in this re- led ti spent to a greater or less extent. Lake futhei Okoboji. Spirit lake, Storm lake, and to hi Clear lake, ato tho largest of our North- shots orn Town lakes. AH of thorn, oxoept fatal lt;Storm lake, have lino bodies of timber by th on their borders. Lake Okoboji iH drawi about fifteen miles long, and from a uu nsi3Harter of a mile to two miles wide, js tin pirit lake just north of it embraces StokeII HOCKwho 11 a busi garbs late and, ii son, ’ motln had rtiiiHiiltiletter*hy tinduct York i in so there, ing in settle Sturt*If 1 aithe * family no eon exact would to Ids son, lt;1 proini eorrei that wrilk ed hisprovu sion fmanfa.mil’about bin si i ii are miles, the northern timeKiliborder extending to tho Minnesota line, ease, Storm lake is in siv.e about three miles showi east and west, by two north and south, wiih c Clear lake is about six miles long by two no we miles wide. The dry, rolling land'iisii- the i ally extends up to tlio borders of those mini/ lakes, making them delightful resorts the ci for excursion or fishing parties. They done are now attracting attention as places of relati resort, on account of tho beauty of their self u nabiral scenery, as well as the induce- rogroi ments which they afford b» hunting and must fishing parties. ubioacconMasonic. . mnnlilltl m
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Jones County Liberal
Monticello, Iowa, US
Thu, Jun 12, 1873
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