Identifier: polksindia00unse (find matches)
Title: Polk's Indianapolis (Marion County, Ind.) city directory, 1887
Year: 1887 (1880s)
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Subjects: Indianapolis, Ind. Business enterprises Residential streets Official residences People Government facilities Churches Schools Streets Cities
Publisher: R.L. Polk
Contributing Library: Indianapolis City Directory Collection
Digitizing Sponsor: LYRASIS Members and Sloan Foundation

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ng from boats. The harbor at the south3nd is a little gem. In it, vessels can anchor and be sure of a holding, and around it, thelittle old fashioned French town nestles in primitive style, while above frowns the fort, itswhite walls gleaming in the sun. The whole area of the island is one labyrinth of curiousglens and valleys. Old fields appear in spots which were formerly cultivated by Indians.In some of them are circles of gathered stones, as if the Druids themselves had dwelt there.The soil, though rough, is fertile. The Island was formerly covered with a dense growth ofrock maple, oak, iron wood, etc., and there are still parts of this ancient forest left, but allthe southern limits exhibit a young growth. There are walks and winding paths of the mostromantic character among its hills and precipices. From the eminences overlooking the lakecan be seen magnificent views of almost illimitable extent. The Palatial Steamers belonging to the Detroit &. Cleveland Steam Navigation Co
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Commercial Travelers can for once avoid the hot, dusty, noisy rail car, and avail The iate Dr. Drake says: The island is the last, and, of the whole, the most impor-tant summer resort to which we can direct the attention of the infirm or the fashionable.The living streams of pure water, cooled down to the temperature of 44°, gush from thelime rock precipices, and an atmosphere never sultry or malarious, supersedes all necessitytor nauseating iron, sulphur and epsom salts. As a health resort it is unsurpassed. Its coolair and pure water are just what are needed to bring back the glow of health to the fadedcheek, and send the warm currents of life dancing through the system with youthful vigor.Its natural beauties and historic associations, together with the innumerable lesser attrac-tions which cluster round about, serve to furnish visitors with so much entertainment andvariety for either the robust or weakly ones, that ennui which eventually is felt at most resortsneed not be experie

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