GAME AND FISH RESORTS. 1 39 



and well appointed railroads and highways, rendering them easy 

 of access from the great cities, and the comfortable accommoda- 

 tions usually found in summer, all conspire to place the mountain 

 counties of Pennsylvania among the most popular sportsmen's 

 resorts of the Middle States. 

 Allegheny Counti/— 



Clinton. At the junction of Conequenessin<r Creek and Beaver Creek near 

 Clinton, is a good hotel for sportsmen. Quail, grouse and squirrels are there 

 found. On the Erie and Pittsburg and the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne and Chicago 

 Railroads. 

 Armstrong County— 



Leechbicrgh. Ouail, partridge, squirrels ; bass, pike. Reached via the Penn- 

 sylvania Railroacf Board $i per day, $5 per weelc ; teams $5 per day. 



Oakland. Good trout fishing. Reached same as Henryville, above. 



Beaver County— 



New Brighton. Woodcock and ruffed grouse. Reached via the Pittsburg, 

 Fort Wayne and Chicago Railroad. 



Baden. Grey squirrels, hares and partridges, especially abundant in the 

 vicinity of Raccoon Creek. Reached via the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne and Chi- 

 cago Railroad. 



Jiedford County- 

 Bedford. Deer, wild turkeys, ruffed grouse, quail, woodcock, trout, black 

 bass. Reached via the Pennsylvania, or Huntingdon and Broad Top Railroads. 

 Hotels. Country mountainous. 



IVoodbury. Good snipe shooting on the meadows. 



Hopewell. Grouse and pheasants. Take the Pennsylvania Railroad to Hunt- 

 ingdon, thence via the Huntingdon and Broad Top Road. 



lierhs County — 



Hamburg. Rabbits, wild pigeons, turkeys, pheasants, partridges, quail, etc., 

 afford good shooting. Hamburg is on the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad. 



Reading. Black bass fishing in the Delaware from here to Manayunk, espe- 

 cially good at Flat Rock Dam. 



.Albany. Blue Mountain is an excellent hunting ground for wildcats, deer, 

 foxes and grouse. 



Jilalr County— 



Altoona is at the base of the Alleghany Mountains. Bears, deer, wild turkeys, 

 pigeons, partridges, squirrels, and other game are found in the mountains, while 

 the streams abound in trout. Reached via the Pennsylvania Railroad. There 

 arc good hotels $2 to $3.50 ; guides $2 to $3. The Bells Gap Run, and Kittan- 

 ning Point are favorite camping grounds. 



IVilliaiiisburgk. Bear, deer, wild turkey, partridge, woodcock, squirrel ■ 

 trout, pike and black bass. Reached via the Pennsylvania Railroad. Hotel $5 

 per week ; teams $1.50 to $2 per day. Mountainous country. 



Hollidaysburgh. Black bass and ducks are (juite plentiful in the old canal 

 reservoir. Deer, rabbits and other game in the vicinity. Reached via the Penn- 

 s\ivania Railroad. 



Tyrone. Deer, ruffed grouse, quail and woodcock. Six miles out on the Clear- 

 field Railroad is the best locality for trout. Reached via the Pennsylvania Rail- 

 road. The City Hotel $1.50 per da^', private board $5 per week ; guides $1.50 to 

 $2 per day. The country mountainous and well suited to camping out. 



At Munson's Cove, fifteen miles south of the Martinsburg branch of the Penn- 

 sylvania Railroad, are found partridges, pheasants and woodcock. 

 Bradford County— 



Towanda. Good quail and grouse shooting. Take the Lehigh Valley Road. 

 Buch.s County— 



R-iegelsville. Excellent black bass fishing in the Delaware. Reached by the 

 New Jersey Central Railroad to Easton, and thence eight miles down the Belvi- 



