GAME AND FISH RESORTS. S7 



Allen Cotintij— 



Humboldt. Deer, turkey, snipe, ruffed and pinnated grouse, quail, duck, 

 geese, sandhill crane, curlew. The route is via the Missouri, Kansas and Texas 

 Railway. Hotels $1.50 to .fz ; teams $2.50 to $4. Tents and other camping neces- 

 sities can be secured. Big Creek, Marmarton and Fall Rivers are excellent 

 camping sites. 

 Anderson Connti/— 



Colony., sixty-eight miles south of Lawrence, on the Leavenworth and Law- 

 rence and Galveston Railway, is an excellent initial point for pinnated grouse 

 shooting. Teams can be procured. 

 Atchison Conntij^ 



Atchison. Excellent pinnated grouse, duck, goose and quail shooting in the 

 vicmity. Atchison is easily accessible via the Central Branch of the Union Pacific, 

 the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific, and other railroads. 

 Sourbon Comity — 



Fot-t Scott. Pinnated grouse, quail, Wilson snipe, woodcock. Within sixty- 

 five miles are fine duck, goose and turkey shooting grounds. Fort Scott is on the 

 Missouri, Kansas and Texas, and the Missouri River, Fort Scott and Gulf Rail- 

 roads. Hotels $2 to $3 ; teams $2 to $5. Rolling prairie and hilly country. 

 Coffey Count}/— 



Burlingto7i. A few turkeys, pinnated grouse in abundance, quail and snipe, 

 deer and jack-rabbits ; bass, pike, pickerel, buffalo and other varieties offish. 

 The best fishing and shooting grounds are the Neosho River, Wolf, Turkey, and 

 Crooked Creeks, and Swan, and White Lakes. Reached via the Missouri, Kansas 

 and Texas Railway. Hotels, $1.50 to $2 ; teams, with drivers $3.50 to $4.50. 

 Good camping grounds. 

 Crawford County — 



Heplcr. Excellent pinnated grouse, quail and duck shooting. Reached via 

 the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway. A small hotel. Two and one half 

 miles from the depot is an old Kentuckian, who will act as guide and furnish dogs. 

 Douglas County— 



Lazvrence. Pmnated and ruffed grouse, and quail. Deer on the bluffs of the 

 Rock River shore ; deer, duck and snipe shooting, with excellent fishing on the 

 Wapsie. Wild turkeys, Canada geese, brant,, and many varieties of duck 

 abound. Easily accessible by rail. Hotels $3 ; teams $2 to $3. 

 Pord County- 

 Dodge City. A point from which to reach the antelope hunting district to the 

 west. Reached via the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad. 



Fort Dodge. Buffalo, deer, antelope, turkeys, geese, teal, mallards, shovel bills, 

 widgeons, butter-ducks, shell ducks, herons, cranes, quail, grouse, field-plover, 

 yellow-legs, jack snipe, and pigeons, are found about the small tributaries of the 

 Cinnamon River southeast of Fort Dodge. 

 Ziabette County — 



Chetopah. A place of fifteen hundred people, and one of the most thriving in 

 Kansas. One of the best chicken centres in the United States. Deer and pinna- 

 ted grouse, by the hundred, can be got within two or three miles of town. 

 Good hotels, guides, wagons, outfits, tents, etc. A station on the Missouri, 

 Kansas and Texas Railroad. 



Parsons. The Labette River, one mile southwest of town, affords fine duck 

 shooting ; the marshes, meadows and prairies in the vicinity offer splendid grouse, 

 quail and snipe shooting. Reached via Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railroad. 

 The Belmont, Lockwood and St. James Hotels are near the depot, and the pro- 

 prietors are well posted as to the country. The town has good livery stables ; 

 there are also quite a number of sportsmen, and some fine dogs. 

 Lyon County — 



Emporia^ is situated between the Neosho and Cottonwood Rivers. These 

 with their numerous tributaries in the neighborhood, offer excellent sport. 

 Quail, grouse, snipe, duck, geese, brant, curlew, and plover in immense quanti- 

 ties, with now and then a deer. Reached via the Missouri, Kansas and Texas 

 Railroad. 



