Show WU WILD LIF eb REFUGE Es 7 I 1 I 1 a 44 li IS AA as 10 A MO 4 uncle shirl latida along it mississippi CA 5 1 V 6 wo N by JOHN DICKINSON IS ERMAN LM ANI auvis land lowd whom where manitou u L loves area to dwell would be b a a good name tor far our newest wild 11 life R refuse refuge what allot the indian called it until I 1 the lie white man discovered it had and bought it from him its official cill name according to the set act of the eighth congress cong reia the tant t ema created I 1 ad it la b lipper wild wid life and fish refuge files 3 altogether to too long a name for tile the millions of nature ong a sportsmen pol poll and ad sealers angelere who will wil oni enjoy IS it fishermen you know are believed to be ba law irv possibly Winnea lvell bottoms would world do in honor of chief winneshiek Winn esdel whose hose grove on a high will wisconsin willin in bluff evl oer looka miles upon miles of till athla seen if attractive region the act nu authorizes thorie an expenditure of fl 1500 for the purchase of ov overflowed lend lands on an either side of the mh sc ean ofin in all W wisconsin lou iowa and maull ta from rock aock island inland to wabasha beam a distance ds tance a of about A miles A firt aln t appropriation of is now liable and ad an agent of the hie agricultural abiu well department with headquarters at W inona allen has haa begun began the survey or aay of if lead lands the aver or apfl as price roust must ne not exceed 5 an A acre ere tie rie secretary of if agriculture will ad minster minister the refuse refuge through the bull 0 I 1 1 leal at survey able w alch will control ggs the h wild palms animal and ad plant life the th sec mari of I 1 through brou gh the bu reau ot of fis fisli heriss enes will control central the fish ans mussels etc are the public will 1111 all enjoy liberal lault hunting mi and ad filching privileges the be davd valton league originated 1 1 he movement car and ad with tile the co opera thin alon of the general federation of women a clubs ad other organizations interested in of scenic bety beauty A and ad natural it taral resources secured the congressional act tills this BU all Is 1 a step forward I 1 in a new co al till policy Ci congress no unitt very ver I 1 1188 has refused to ap ate funds far or the he purchase pa rb e ot 1 national rea resen aliens gaw of at all 11 k kinds led wj including oil g no na la A 1 parka park and man monuments me ia B but at 2 tiia W ali act be has economic features that outweigh let weigh the ten an 11 mental for far one a thing living the refuge I 1 Is net nat arit ril resting and eding place tor far ml 1 wildfowl G the mississippi hiippi pi IPPI being the grer greatest or ail 0 w b between tween the IY breeding breading all pima in C canada ad led and the winter quarters artera qu on an th lie gulf under tle treaty act t waterfowl f are 1 rapidly increasing here ft and DO in the we necessity c 1 of many amny refuges refuge like R it this oil Is am I 1 pil mille lve 1 in addition the pearling ilIg clamming A nd ad button buttan making am re worth protecting and as aa to the ash all the he ear refuge ali win mean many an millions oll rf bollara do rod and much clean sport to the aano Ani erHan no people these overflowed bottom leads lands are to the spanning PA n ground of vast numbers of game fishes including the black bass banich faich for or inch ma and pound for far pound the go gam at fish that swims and these game fish need mans roan s help for when the id high waters A of I 1 spring i gh w A tes dah y recede raced e millions of email arv fr and anny large fish fiall become landlocked and perish unless rescued and returned to the parent waters from I 1 athla 1 aatu ral 1 fish ash hatchery butchery go millions ot game ha tze fishes tor for the blocking of if ilk lakes and ad streams the demen demand every beir or tor for black bass 1 Is something el hi 9 ilk like so alitt thirty times tile the supply for far the itaas hall does not take kindly to artificial 1 propagation in addition the commercial fishing A operations erat ions of it this region involve millions million of dollars annually this region I 1 Is a land of beauty of a 9 kind differing fr from sur ear rounding audi g reas areas it Is an oasis left u untouched ched by the great glacier lat of the last t ice age B so it t we was not net planed down to a common level with the rest d ot if the region round ad about jo J davis county duty in 1 the northwest tb wt corner of illinois 0 f for example DIP 1 Is conal rugged and ad picturesque the lifted sippi ill flows I 1 through a valley three to hv five miles wide between bluffs that rise in places to in buo feet there are many permanent sloughs and bayous ind and in the spring much of the bottomland bott is under water wild ild animal and ad plant life I 1 Is varies ad end and of 1 interest t L so be beautiful Is this re L g gion on that bix vears cars ago the chadaj P I 1 valley uearl uJ association arl the state of iowa ow the general federation of women s clubs and other organist leas begin heg in a movement 1 for far the establishment here of if the mississippi valley park A private owner offered to 1 donate the loa ion a are acres forming the scenic key keystone sto it was pro proposed that congress purchase 8 acres ap P praised at but cIn congress gress turned a deaf ear an this region Is historic hillock ground too a obiah adds to its attractiveness to all 11 good aballe americans T the h 6 fox and the wisconsin la in prehistoric III days day we were the canoe route mot of the indian india between ties the great lair lakes and the git milli mississippi they portaged where aware now the man canal I 1 at paak portage con can necta the two to aj alvera rare the rock river offered amin another war water A r route jean nice at in 1 went stir from froin green bay up tile the box river to the wisconsin sd and there them heard ol 01 1 the stele messi alpi P great river pierce ra be alson al son n and d jean Grea viller toward canoed A on the fox and Wt to the behs mia bill and then wem well across I 1 country to the he missouri to them Is due the chat char bering of at the hod hudson so 5 bay company by C charlea h arise II a A of f england in 1670 loul louis jollet joliet and peru pere maill barquette itte 1 in 1673 went want down the mississippi to the arkansas I 1 better ather Hea Henne repin pia in IOA explored the upper still for far lasalle alsan jonathan carver career in 1766 was wn the me firm nOsh rown to ser bee the region he be org organized organised andred sed en an ambitious cosmi colonization chals scheme echane which aich would aid have made it british territory had bad not at the R revolution 1 brought hla his plans plane to D naught light 1 the 6 northwest sor thweat territory was waa established W b ilhan I 1 in 1787 1797 coile dubuque established establish his lend lead mine nil he and smelter melt r on the iowa side about 1785 the first permanent settlement in I iowa AS was waa made there in ID 1830 zebulon pike U 8 A explored PI the upper M mississippi happi I 1 in 1805 pared 08 he ital fount the north ctet compary company later inter merged with alth the hudson 6 bay compani established in minne sota rota and as ter tar south ill as prairie du an CIA alilen he shot down the british union jack from the post at leech leach lak lake and ad ran up the steve stars end and stripes but as a matter malter of fact the british nag bad floated 1 wd over at P prairie with du do achlen until isil great britain did not nor let go until she bhe had to on early french maps is IB written minea mine de plomb where what 1 IB now north western star illinois 1 in the early twenties rich are re was found and a compa company from st louis and ad vicinity made a mining settlement which they fittingly ailing named galena thereupon ensued a rush cash lite like that of the b forty orly elnera on a a smaller scale it practically wiped a prairie 4 achlen ism off nt tile the map and w made do galena the metropolis etc poll and distributing point ot if the upper mississippi valley all by 1830 galena had P people 1 P Is st lou louis settled ladled la I 1 1754 had bad a population A of A 6 SA chicago clilan had twelve houses hours milwaukee HeAs OR and st paul were not on an ill the map a 10 aery v cry land a owner between the rock and the wisconsin must net look bell bad to the he council of if 18 V at 1 prairie du do chic as the orli anal source of his title ill light A ht it 1 fil acrea were then pill pi 0 chased A by the 11 united states govern golen went from 3 reluctant chic I 1 fos ottawa ChIPP awas and ad 11 ri 1 tavla uncle sam paid eld ro for 8 acres and sold old it to ra i lera ism for 2 50 an acre ere president J aa rn n I 1 special representative at the i i was C caleb lab atwater he a pr lu A that it be made I a state rate of the OK ajaj anin and under el the name mail 11 1111 nol nole had bad bee been a state late since IS ut or H mal was waa a 2 part of the te terri critor tor of michigan X atherh the L aa war of 1832 bich grew raw out of a this parc purchase basw ad duj j to tailor 3 im old bom blue md rawly hero of the met wo wn md it tw elath president in ad of port fort crawford Crew ford at prairie du do cb achlen with him waa am aben jeff jefferson emm davan later inter president of 0 tile tl confederate states state he eloped from the fou fort with sam aarah oldest daughter of 0 wj major TO taylor in cot col samuel regiment of illinois valuate volunteers we waa copt abe braham bath lincoln 31 an hounds IB now accessible by rail read mad a and A 4 water rod and hiat within rely easy reach of if of nat nature loving arneel americana ax |