Sketches of Wonderland

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Excerpt from Sketches of Wonderland: A Land of Rolling Plains, Boundless Grain Fields, Sculptured Lands, Alpine Lakes, Mining Camps, Indian Life, Dancing Rivers, Thriving Villages, Trackless Forests, Growing Cities, Lofty Mountains, Penetrated by the Northern Pacific RailroadMounds and hills abound in various parts of the city, affording a landscape unrivaled. The Mississippi River winds through the city, and forms, with its white sandstone bluffs and tree-clad hills, a very important feature of this landscape.Minneapolis stands upon ground more level and regular than does its sister city. It is much better laid out, with broader streets, and has many fine parks. The Mississippi also cuts it in twain, but being utilized for its great ¿our and saw mills, loses most of its scenic attraction. This is atoned for by Lakes Harriet and Calhoun, which form a resort frequented by large numbers of people, and as beautiful as popular.The railroad follows the east bank of the Mississippi, after leaving these cities, to Little Falls, a manufacturing place of good size. En route, St. Cloud is passed.Beyond Little Falls the road winds through a pine and tamarac region quite diverse from the open country along the river.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.