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GAME AND FISH RESORTS. 



the Mississippi, twenty miles above Davenport. Davenport is on the Chicago, 

 Rock Island and Pacific, and the Davenport and St. Paul Railroad. 



Shelby County— 



Shelby. See Adair, Adair County. 

 Tama County— 



Tama City. Pinnated grouse, quail, geese, ducks, teal and mallards in great 

 abundance on the Iowa River ; bass, pike and pickerel. Reached via the Chicago 

 and Northwestern Railroad. Hotel $2; guide $2; team $5; boat $1. Rolling 

 prairie. 



Wehster County— 



Fort Dodge. See Grand Junction, Greene County, and Alden, Hardin County. 

 Goiurie. See Des Moines, Polk County. 



Winnebayo County — 



Lake Mills is located in a large belt of timber and surrounded by lakes, where 

 the hunting is excellent. There are here in the spring and fall snipe, woodcock, 

 field plover, curlew, morble, godwit, rail, yellow leg plover, black bellied plover, 

 pinnated grouse, rutied grouse, sharp-tail grouse, quail, wild pigeon, reed bird, 

 sand-hill crane, the whooping crane, snow goose, white frontell, and Canada 

 goose, with all the ducks except the black duck. Deer are found a mile from 

 town. Elk are killed about thirty miles away, and bear also. Of fur bearing 

 animals there are two kinds of wolves and a variety of foxes, with otters, minks, 

 coons, skunks, badgers, squirrels and gophers. 



Woodbury County — 



Siou^: City. Deer, turkeys, ducks, geese, quail and pinnated grouse are 

 abundant. Reached via the Illinois Central and other railroads. Hotels $2. 



Sloafi. Deer, ducks, geese, quail and pinnated grouse. Reached via the 

 Sioux City and Pacific Railroad. The surrounding country is valley land. 



KANSAS. 



Area 78,418 square miles, population 364,399. The face of the 

 country is uniformly rolling prairie. There are no mountains in 

 .\he State. The valleys of the Missouri and Kansas Rivers are 

 ^.'ell wooded, and very fertile when under cultivation ; the Neosho 

 Valley, which is mentioned hereafter, is famous for its agricultural 

 wealth, and is one of the best game sections of the entire State. 

 Kansas, as a game region, has few superiors, buffalo, elk, deer, 

 antelope, with many kinds of smaller game ; wild turkeys, ducks, 

 geese, pinnated grouse and other game birds, make up a list full 

 of attraction to the hunter. By a wise provision against shipping 

 game, from the State, the supply promises to be long unexhausted. 

 The railroad and other traveling facilities are good and are 

 constantly being improved. On any of the lines of railroads 

 traversing the State, the devotees of rod and gun will find ample 

 employment. The officers on these roads are generally well in- 

 formed and will always give information and attention to those 

 so desiring. 



