Historic Waterways; Six Hundred Miles of Canoeing Down the Rock, Fox and Wisconsin Rivers
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by Reuben Gold Thwaites 22 Feb, 2019
There is a generally accepted notion that a brief summer vacation, if at all obtainable in this busy life of ours, must be spent in a flight as far afield as time will allow; that the popular resorts in the mountains, by the seaside, or on the margin ... Read more
There is a generally accepted notion that a brief summer vacation, if at all obtainable in this busy life of ours, must be spent in a flight as far afield as time will allow; that the popular resorts in the mountains, by the seaside, or on the margins of the upper lakes must be sought for rest and enjoyment; that neighborhood surroundings should, in the mad rush for change of air and scene, be left behind. The result is that your average vacationist—if I may be allowed to coin a needed word—knows less of his own State than of any other, and is inattentive to the delights of nature which await inspection within the limits of his horizon. Less
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Reuben Gold Thwaites (May 15, 1853 – October 22, 1913) was an American librarian and historical writer.Thwaites was born in 1853 in Dorchester, Massachusetts. His parents were William George and Sar...
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