About six miles east of Baraboo, Konkel's Mill is hidden away beneath a hill. The stream from the pond escapes through an inviting wood, where the king fisher clatters in his flight and the squirrel chatters in lofty security.
Lodde's Mill
About three miles west of Sauk City, Lodde's Mill Pond is situated. The rugged bluff and pleasant surroundings attract many visitors. Rare is the day when a number of fishermen are not watching their floats with carking care.
A short distance east of the mill-pond Otter Creek crosses the highway and sinks in the sand, becoming a lost stream.
Cemetery Group of Mounds
There is a fine group of Indian mounds a short distance south of the city, near the east road to Devil's Lake, on the farm owned by W. H. Donald. A bear effigy and others compose the group.
Other Little Journeys
This concludes the series of little journeys to be described. Many beautiful ones are omitted, the Hog's Back northwest of Baraboo, many places along the Wisconsin River, and others on the Baraboo Bluffs. By making the twenty-five or more already given, however, one will have acquired a very comprehensive knowledge of Baraboo, Dells, and Devil's Lake region.
Transcriber's Notes
Made minor punctuation corrections and the following changes:
[Index]: Changed "Boyhod" to "Boyhood".
Orig: XI. Boyhod Homes of John Muir
Page [5]: Changed "occassion" to "occasion".
Orig: On one occassion citizens began to arrive for both religious
Page [6]: Changed "enlightment" to "enlightenment".
Orig: village with any pretence to enterprise and enlightment
Page [8]: Changed "nescessary" to "necessary".
Orig: it was nescessary to stoop unusually low when entering
Page [9]: Changed "insurence" to "insurance".
Orig: It is stated there was insurence of $12,000,
Page [9]: Changed "indentified" to "identified".
Orig: newspapermen, and others indentified with the city
Page [11]: Changed "artisic" to "artistic".
Orig: impressive and artisic in design,
Page [13]: Changed "metomorphosed" to "metamorphosed".
Orig: still later metomorphosed into the hard quartzite
Page [15]: Changed "upifted" to "uplifted".
Orig: limestone and iron were upifted and folded
Page [15]: Changed "2-5" to "2/5".
Orig: Average width—2,200 feet or 2-5 of a mile.
Page [15]: Changed "3-5" to "3/5".
Orig: Area—388 acres, or 3-5 of a square mile.
Pages [15]-[16], Retained "Devils" as the text quotes I. A. Lapham, and
gives the Indian translation. Both may have used the plural word.
Orig: I. A. Lapham, early Wisconsin traveler and scientist, wrote:
"The lake is vulgarly called Devils Lake from the wild, rocky
place in which it is found." The Indian name for Devils Lake
is Minnewaukan, or Evil Spirit Lake.
Page [19]: Changed "Kibourn" to "Kilbourn".
Orig: almost continuous avenue of pines into Kibourn.
Page [19]: Changed "distroying" to "destroying".
Orig: The erection of the dam, although distroying these
Page [21]: Changed "peculiarily" to "peculiarly".
Orig: named for a peculiarily shaped rock at the entrance.
Page [21]: Changed "grandure" to "grandeur".
Orig: entrance to the wild grandure of the Dells.
Page [22]: Changed "submergged" to "submerged".
Orig: The Devil's Arm Chair is submergged.
Page [22]: Changed "walkng" to "walking".
Orig: power station is within easy walkng distance
Page [25]: Changed "existance" to "existence".
Orig: magnates who dared to attempt to obliterate their existance,
Page [28]: Switched position of misplaced third and fourth lines below:
Orig: The slopes of the lake are the
home of the trailing arbutis whose
half exposed, are eagerly sought by
delicate pink blossoms, half hidden,
visitors in early spring.
Page [30]: Changed "primative" to "primitive"
Orig: dwellings built about a primative mill.
Page [31]: Changed "Morman" to "Mormon".
Orig: persuaded to preach for the Morman church,
Page [33]: Changed "distruction" to "destruction".
Orig: only saved from distruction by the abundance of snow.
Page [34]: Changed "pre-Indan" to "pre-Indian".
Orig: The theory was at one time advanced that a pre-Indan race,
Page [41]: Changed "Wisonsin" to "Wisconsin".
Orig: Crossing the canal bridge near the Wisonsin River
Page [41]: Changed "sevententh" to "seventeenth"
Orig: three famous travelers in the late sevententh century.
Page [42]: Changed "fifteen-hundreths" to "fifteen-hundredths".
Orig: sold in 1853, the nineteen and fifteen-hundreths acres
Page [46]: Changed "Gilyre" to "Gilrye".
Orig: David Gilyre, born July 11, 1840;
Orig: Joanna Gilyre, born on September 7, 1850;
Page [47]: Changed "existanc" to "existence".
Orig: The villages have been rivals since they came into existance
Page [48]: Changed "dismouted" to "dismounted".
Orig: Ewing in the center, dismouted, formed in line,
Page [48]: Changed "meatime" to "meantime".
Orig: The Indians in the meatime had been driven
Page [50]: Changed "achievments" to "achievements".
Orig: one of the most splendid achievments in military history.
Page [51]: Changed "curiousity" to "curiosity".
Orig: This massive and unusual curiousity,
Page [53]: Changed "existance" to "existence".
Orig: the existance of the
Page [62]: Changed "gardner" to "gardener".
Orig: David Lindblom, gardner.
Page [64]: Changed "sedementary" to "sedimentary".
Orig: exhibit of the sedementary quartzite
All other spelling or hyphenation inconsistencies have been retained to match the original book.