GAME AND FISH RESORTS. 99 



Cuming Comity— 



JVisner is situated in the Elkhorn Valley, one of the most beautiful in the 

 •world. Horse-shoe, Deer, Swan, Goose, Pickerel, Beaver and Bull-head Lakes 

 are from one to lour miles from Wisner, and are full of fish. Wild game is also 

 very plentiful, among which are the antelope, deer, geese, ducks, pinnated grouse 

 and quail. The hotels are The Elkhorn Valley and the Wisner. On the Sioux 

 City and Pacific Railroad. 



Dakota County — 



Jackson. Wolves, antelope, deer, jack-rabbits, geese, ducks, swans, cranes, 

 quail and pinnated grouse. Reached via the Union Pacific Railroad, one hundred 

 miles west of Omaha. Hotel and private board $i to $1.50 ; teams with driver $2.50 

 to $4. R. G. Coreter, the ticket agent at the railroad station, will give full infor- 

 mation, and act as guide. The antelope and deer are found on the hills, half a 

 mile north from the station. 



Dawson. County— 



IVillozu Island. Elk, deer, antelope and a few grouse. Reached via the 

 Union Pacific Railroad. Private board $5 per week. Rolling prairie. 



Overton. Antelope, and a few deer. The latter are found in abundance on 

 the Loup River, thirty miles north. On the Union Pacific Railroad. Private 

 board, $1.25 ; teams $5' 



Plum Creek. Elk, buffalo, deer, antelope, rabbits, hares, pinnated grouse, 

 geese, ducks, sandhill cranes, snipe and plover. Reached via the Union Pacific 

 Railroad. Hotel $1.50, private board $5 per week ; guides $2 ; teams $3. Timber 

 land and rolling prairie. Excellent camping grounds. 



Cozad. Buffalo, elk, antelope, deer, wild turkeys, geese, swans, ducks, and 

 other wild fowl in great abundance. Reached via the Union Pacific Railroad. 

 Hotel and private board, $3 to $6 per week ; guides with double team, $4 to $5. 

 For successful sport camping is necessary. The game grounds are the wooded 

 ravines of the table lands. 



Dodfje County — 



North Bend. Pinnated grouse, ducks and geese, with fair deer shooting. 

 On the Union Pacific Railroad, sixty-two miles from Omaha. Hotel I1.50 ; team 

 and driver $3. Prairie country. 



Douglas County — 



Valley, on the Union Pacific Railroad, thirty-five miles from Omaha, is an 

 excellent point for the sportsman. There is an abundance of deer, ducks, geese, 

 pinnated grouse, quail and snipe in the surrounding country. In the streams are 

 bass, pickerel, and other varieties of fish. Hotel $1 per day ; teams $2 to $3. 

 The country to the north of the Platte River is prairie, to the south rolling 

 prairie. 



Omaha. Deer, wild turkeys, pinnated grouse, quail and other varieties of 

 game are very abundant in the vicinity. 



IVaterloo. Pinnated and ruffed grouse, quail, snipe, geese, brant, ducks, 

 swans, cranes, a few deer ; salmon, pickerel, bass, white perch, various kinds of 

 catfish, sturgeons, and others. Thirty-one miles from Omaha, on the Union 

 Pacific Railroad. Hotel and private accommodations $1.50 to $2 ; guides $2 to 

 $4 ; boats 50 cents ; teams $2.50 to $4. Prairie country, rolling, with strips of tim- 

 ber along the Elkhorn and Platte Rivers. 



On Elkhorn River and Horse Shoe Lake are black bass. Take Pacific Rail- 

 road to Elkhorn City. 



Hall County — 



Grand Island. For game and route see Chapman, Merrick County. Good 

 hotels and boarding houses $2.50 to $4 per week. 



Wood River. Elk are found about the Loup River, fifteen miles north ; ante- 

 lope and deer in limited numbers, rabbits, geese, ducks and pinnated grouse. 

 Reached via Union Pacific Railroad. Board in private family $4 per week ; 

 teams $3 to $^. The country is rolling prairie and bluffs. 

 Keith County — 



Ogalalla. Deer, antelope and grouse, with a few buffalo. Reached via the 

 Union Pacific Railroad. Hotel, $1.50 per day ; teams with driver $5. Country, 

 prairie with hills, and rocky bluffs. 



