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THE FOREST PRESERVES 



BOY SCOUTS' DRILL (CAMP REINBERG). 



Running a mile and a quarter from north to south and a 

 mile and a half from east to west there are runs of shag-hickory, 

 the like of which cannot be found elsewhere in the country. 

 Aside from that there are scores of walnut groves and a sprink- 

 ling of oaks presenting some of the finest specimens in existence. 



With old Indian trails reaching this way and that through 

 the ever-interesting tract, the Palatine preserve, already famed 

 as a rendezvous of picnickers, holds for visitors days of out- 

 door exploration the kind that brings back youth and lavishes 

 health blessings upon all seekers. 



By the use of the guide-maps furnished by the District 

 officers visitors here are able to pick up the trails first blazed 

 by the Indians and follow their very footsteps to the still-marked 

 sites of their villages, camps and chipping stations. It is a 

 region fairly abounding in historical significance. 



On the extreme 

 eastern end of the 

 Preserve is to be 

 found Camp Rein- 

 berg, fully equipped 

 for the management 

 of outings for poor 

 children, a movement 

 that was instituted by 

 your board of pre- 

 serve commissioners 

 immediately upon the 

 acquisition of this 

 choice property. 



