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HUNTING AND FISHING GROUNDS AND PLEASURE RESORTS. 
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The country surrounding Wonowoc, two 
hundred and five miles from Chicago, is bro- 
ken and covered with timber, and offers excel- 
lent hunting to the sportsman. Deer are abun- 
dant, and bears are not unfrequently shot. 
THE WEST WISCONSIN RAILWAY. 
This line connects at Elroy, and forms the 
northern end of the through line we ate de- 
scribing, though it is entirely distinct from 
the Chicago & North-Western. Through this 
line direct connection is had with 
St. Croix River to this point. Twelve miles 
southeast is Kinnickinnick River, yeilding the 
finest of brook trout, not only in the main 
stream, but on the north and south forks. 
Tiffany Creek also abounds with brook trout. 
Bass Lake, eight miles northest, furnishes ex- 
cellent bass-fishing. Four miles from the sta- 
tion is Willow River, with its beautiful falls, 
which rival those of Minnehaha. Taylor’s 
Falls, at the head of the Dalles, and St. Croix 
Falls, are worth visiting. Game abounds in 
the woods and prairies surrounding Hudson, 
CUSTER’S PARK, NEAR CUSTER CITY IN THE BLACK HILLS OF DAKOTA. 
Accessible by Chicago & Northwestern Railway. 
Eau Claire, three hundred and twenty miles 
It is built at the confluence of 
the Chippewa and Hau Claire Rivers, in a sec- 
tion where there is good hunting and fishing. 
A noted place, and one well worth the tour- 
ist’s attention, is ‘‘ The Dalles,” easily reached 
from Hau Claire. A railroad also runs from 
the village to Chippewa Falls, twelve miles 
distant, and which are worth a day’s travel to 
view by moonlight. 
Hudson is located on Lake St. Croix, and 
the largest Mississippi steamers ascend the 
and can always be had in sufficient quantities 
to please and repay the most exacting sports- 
man. Hudson is three hundred and eighty 
mniles from Chicago. 
Four hundred and nine miles from Chicago 
and St. Paul isreached. There are numerous 
resorts in and within a few miles of St. Paul 
and Minneapolis, and easy of access. Numer- 
ous lakes are scattered in chains, or groups, or 
gems, all over the State, and afford excellent 
duck-shooting and fishing Across (or over) 
the St. Paul & Sioux City Railway track, and 
