Image Description from historic lecture booklet: "The Jordan rises west of Mt. Hermon and after spreading out into Lake Mermon and the sea of Galilee, discharges its waters into the Dead Sea, 1292 feet below the level of the Mediterranean. From Lake Mermon to the Dead Sea, which has no outlet and is a body of salt water, the course of the Jordon is below sea level. The Valley of the Jordon the Dead Sea and the Sea of Galilee occupy a portion of the long narrow depression in the surface of the earth. At the east and west margins of the depression there are great fissures of breaks in the rocks and the land between these fissures has fallen or been drawn in toward the center of the earth. The Jordon varies in width from 30 to 70 yards, but in January and February it over flows its banks and is from a half-mile to two miles wide. The soil in the valley is very rich except near the Dead Sea. In Mid-winter the landscape is green with grass and bright with flowers, but in summer it has the general appearance of a desert."
Image Description from historic lecture booklet: "At the foot of Gilboa Mountains in the fertile valley of Jezreel on the road between Jezreel and Beth Shean, this copious spring busts forth, called Gideon's Fountain because it has been located as the scene where Gideon tested the strength and faithfulness of his men and afterward won the victory over the Midianites (Judges 7-7). The cavery furnishes a delightful place of retreat from the hot sun of that valley after a hard forenoon's travel either from Jenin of Beisan. The pool is made entirely by a dam, apparently ancient, and from it the water is carried off to operate a succession of mills down the valley."
