Cleveland High School - Beacon Yearbook (St Louis, MO)

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THE PALISADES OP THE MISSISSIPPI HE Mississippi has as its sources a small lake. Little Elk qwb Lake, in northern Minnesota. It emerges as a small stream not more than twenty feet wide and about two feet deep. SQAHTS' Passing through Lake Itasca and receiving the flow of T smaller streams. the stream becomes broader and deeper. At the entrance of the Sauk River the rocky sandstone bluffs begin leaving the clay banks of the glacial drift behind. On both sides one sees the gray bluffs contrasting with the green foliage, which clings to ledges and emerges from crevices. It is especially beautiful at dusk when the deep purple shadows steal over the river and change it to a purple hue. Farther down at Minneapolis the river plunges down the Falls of St. Anthony and rushes between the tall palisades. whose height varies from two hundred to six hundred feet. These imposing bluffs have often been compared with the renowned Palisades of the Hudson. Between the bluffs the river bed sinks below the general level of the prairie. Between St. Paul and Rock Island the distance between the bluffs is greater and they are not as perpendicular as those farther north. Besides the oaks, elms, maples, and beeches, pines and cedars dot the slopes. Soon the waters pass the Iowa farm country and the rugged bluffs of Missouri. the region Mark Twain made famous. With the confluence of the Missouri River, the bluffs continue on the Missouri side, but on the Illinois side is the rich bottom land. Just north of Memphis are the Chickasaw bluffs. It is from these bluffs, or perhaps those a little farther south. that DeSoto supposedly first saw the Mississippi. The rest of the way the river is higher than the surrounding country. Winding by bayous the river finally reaches the close of his journey and empties into the Gulf of Mexico. HENRIETTA BRUESCHKE. Ten

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e .. a f , E , A R 'R - l...l-n -. Ei af s MR. HENRY J. GERLING A man Whose sterling worth, exceptional ability, and unceas- ing labor in the cause of education has Won him the position of Superintendent of Instruction in the St. Louis Public Schools. Twelve