Baraboo, Dells, and Devil's Lake RegionCole, Harry Ellsworth
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Baraboo, Dells, and Devil's Lake Region
Cole, Harry Ellsworth
Baraboo (Wis.); Dells of the Wisconsin (Wis.); Devil's Lake (Wis.); Sauk County (Wis.)
Miss Mary Thecla Durward was born at the Glen and after many years in
the state of Washington now calls Baraboo her home.
When the Durward family came from Milwaukee in a one-horse wagon in
1862, crossing the Wisconsin River at Portage, the Glen was reached on
November 1, All Saint's Day. Near the trout stream which flows through
the Glen and close to the first stepping-stones, is the Maltese Cross
cut in the hard sandstone to commemorate their arrival. Just above is
the Guardian of the Glen, a bit of art in nature's wild.
Weeping Ledge
Continuing up the stream to the boundary of the Glen property, the
brook laughs over the projecting stones. Just below is the Weeping
Ledge and as the author of "The Annals of the Glen" remarks; "Here one
sees that the Glen is indeed
'Filled with streams forever weeping,
Through the rocks in mossy rills.'"
When B. I. Durward led visitors to the spot, especially if there were
young ladies in the company, he would roguishly remark: "Bathe your
brow at the ledge and you will be ever beautiful." Seldom a miss
neglected the opportunity.
St. Mary's of the Pines
Ascending the hill by a slender path one reaches St. Mary's of the
Pines, standing on a knoll. Here occasionally there has been a baptism,
a marriage, and a funeral, three important events in the life of man.
The chapel was erected by the family, neighbors and friends in 1866.
Two of the sons, James and John, said their first mass here. (James was
ordained at Collegeville, Minnesota, and John at St. Francis,
Milwaukee.) Charles, the artist, the father and mother, Father John, as
well as others have been buried from it, and one son, Andrew, was
married here.
The station shrines encircling the chapel and the cemetery are from
designs by Delaroche and others. They were painted by Charles, and
erected in 1889. Returning from a trip to Palestine that year, Father
John brought a little soil from the site of the stations in the Via
Dolorosa at Jerusalem, "and this was incorporated in these making this
hill-top a veritable Holy Land."
The father, mother, and two sons sleep on the slope in front of the
boulder-made church. The inscription for the elder Durward reads:
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
* Bernard I. Durward *
* Poet *
* Painter, Professor *
* Born *
* March 26, 1817 *
* Died *
* March 21, 1902 *
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
For the mother the following appears:
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
* Theresa M. Durward *
* Mother of Priests *
* Born *
* Feb. 7, 1821 *
* Died *
* April 22, 1907 *
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
The inscription for the priest reads:
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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