HUNTING AND FISHING GROUNDS AND PLEASURE RESORTS. 
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city are many and pleasant, especially the one 
up the river for five miles. A recent acquisi- 
tion to the place is the discovery of unusual- 
ly valuable remedial qualities in the waters of 
an artesian well that has been sunk in the. 
city. 
with various salts, and an analysis shows ele- 
The Beekman House 
It is well 
Its waters are strongly impregnated 
ments of rare value. 
is Sheboygan's principal hotel. 
furnished and well kept. 
From Sheboygan the popular Summer re- 
sorts along the line of the Sheboygan & Fond 
du Lac Railway may be reached. It is only 
an hour’s ride from Sheboygan to the beauti- 
ful Elkhart Lake, acknowledged to be one 
of the healthiest places in the West. Elkhart 
Lake covers eight hundred acres, and fur- 
nishes fine facilities for black-bass fishing. It 
is pleasingly diversified by bays, which co- 
queitishly wind around jutting bluffs, beneath 
whose shades the crystal waters slumbers, so 
pure and clear that the white sand can be 
seen to the depth of twenty to twenty-five 
feet. All the brilliant colors of the rainbow 
are reflected on the smooth and sparkling 
surface of the water, and bordered by a beau- 
tiful green, reflected from the foliage of the 
hillside. Hotelsample’ See page 139. 
ON THE SIOUX CITY & PACIFIC RAILROAD. 
This line starts from Missouri Valley Junc- 
tion, on the Chicago & North-Western Rail- 
way, and runs noith to Sioux City, seveuty- 
five miles, and has a branch from California 
Junction to Fremont, on the Union Pacific, 
forty-seven miles west of Omaha, and another 
line running from Fremont northwest to Wis- 
ner, rendering the maguificent shooting sec- 
tion traversed of easy access. 
Game of all kinds abounds in the vicinity 
of River Sioux, twenty miles from Missouri 
Valley. Deer are very plentiful. No hotels, 
but good accommodations can be had of the 
farmers. 
Sloan, fifty-five miles from Missouri Valley, 
is a splendid hunting-ground. Game of all 
kinds is plentiful—prairie chickens, ducks, 
geese, and quail are found at all seasons of 
the year. Deer are also found in consider- 
able numbers. No hotels. 
Sioux City, seventy-five miles from Missouri 
Valley, is pleasantly situated on the Missouri 
River, immediately abgve the mouth of Floyd, 
and two miles below the mouth of the Big 
Sioux. In addition to these, the country is 
drained by the Little Sioux and Maple Rivers. 
These streams abound in fish of all kinds, 
including pike, pickerel, black bass, channel 
cat, buffalo, &c., affording rare sport to. the 
angler, while the abundance of deer, turkeys, 
geese, ducks, quail and prairie chickens fur- 
uish splendid shooting throughout the year. 
Sioux City has thre2 hotels—The Hubbard, 
St. Elmo, and Depot, which can accommodate 
three hundred guests at $2 aday. Sioux City 
Falls is located at the Falls, and is the favor- 
ite resort in this part of the country, the 
river affording excellent fishing and the sur- 
rouuding country fine shooting, besides mag- 
nificent scenery. Here is found the celebrated 
red pipestone quarry, held in almost religious 
veneration by the Indians. Indians of all 
tribes ard from ali quarters of the continent 
here congregate on what is considered neu- 
tral ground, and procure material for carving 
out their truly artistic pipes; the marble is 
bright red, and is capable of a high degree 
of polish. There are good hotels in Sioux 
City. 
Wisuer is pleasantly located in the valley 
of the Elkhorn, one of the most beautiful in 
the world, eighty-eight miles from Missouri 
Valley. Horse-shoe, Deer, Swan, Goose, 
Pickerel, Beaver, and Bull-head Lakes are 
from one to four miles from Wisner, and are 
full of fish. Wild game is very plentiful, 
amongst which are the antelope, deer, geese, 
ducks, prairie chickens, and quail. There are 
two hotels—The Elkhorn and The Wisner. 
ON THE DAKATO SOUTHERN RAILROAD. 
This road starts from Sioux City, Iowa, and 
enters Dakota at the extreme southeast cor- 
ner. It connects at Yankton with the Mis- 
souri Transportation Company’s line of steam- 
ers for the Upper Missouri. The Dakota South- 
ern, in connection with this line of steamers, 
runs nearly diagonally through the territory 
to Fort Benton, Montana, and has rendered a 
recion prolific in every description of game 
of easy access to sportsmen. 
In conclusion, we can recommend the Chi- 
cago & Northwestern to the sportsman and 
tourist. The road is one of the best equipped 
in the country, the conductors obliging, and. 
every courtesy is shown to passengers. 
