This postcard is postmarked 1910. Already, the mercantile district was quite developed and the town fathers had, for some reason, allowed industry to lay waste to the town's beautiful lake shore. Not only did this town boast a beautiful shore, river and ravine system, it possessed natural deep springs with reputed health-giving waters.
If only the town fathers had built on the salubrious springs and pastoral beauty of the area and built resort spas like another old town 30 miles west of Chicago, its story might be so much different today. This postcard is postmarked 1911. This section of road running along the ravine no longer exists, but it was located almost directly behind the courthouse mentioned on the previous post card.
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