13? GAME AND FISH RESORTS.. 



popi.lation being confined almost exclasively to the Willamette 

 Valley. The Cascade Mountains, in the centre, divide the State 

 and with other ranges give to the surface distinctively a mountain- 

 ous character. Deep canons, snow-capped mountains and rapid 

 dashing streams are the striking physical features of Oregon. The 

 game of the Pacific slope is found in abundance through the 

 State : grizzly and black bears, panthers, wild cats, grey wolves, 

 coyotes, mountain sheep, elk, black^tail deer, antelope, swans, 

 geese, brant, and other varieties of animals and birds. The rivers 

 and streams abound in salmon, cod, halibut, sturgeon, herring, 

 ^melts, etc., and these fisheries constitute one of the most import- 

 ant industries of the State. 



Clatsop County^ 



Astoria. Clatsop Beach is a favorite sutomer resort. The game comprises 

 deer, elk, black bears, grouse, doves and quail. Reached via tne Pacific Coast 

 line of eteamers from San Francisco. For other routes see Jacksonville, Jackson 

 County. Board at the hotel $15 per week. 



J'aclcson County — 



Jacksonville. In the mountains are deer, bears, elk, and other game, rabbits 

 in the fields, and fine trouting in the streams. A favorite resoit for Jacksonville 

 people is Volcano Lake in the Cascade Mountains. 



To this part of Oregon there are three routes. The first is to leave the cars at 

 Kelton, Utah, and take the sta^e through the artemisia plains of Idaho, and the 

 bunch-grass plateaus of Washington 1 erritory ■ the next is to go by rail to San 

 Francisco, thence take the steamer north ; and the third is to pass through Cali- 

 fornia overland by stage and rail, and enter Oregon from the south. The former 

 is the most tedious ; the next the most comfortable, and the third the most 

 interesting. 



tfosephine County — 



Grove Creek. Bears, deer and panthers numerous ; mountain, trout. Fifty- 

 four miles from Roseburg, the southern terminus of the Oregon and California 

 Railroad. Daily stage connection. Board $7 per week. Mountainous country. 



JJnion County — 



La Grande. Bears, deer, elk, mountain sheep, jack rabbits, geese, ducks, sage 

 hens ; pinnated and ruffed grouse ; salmon, mountain trout. La Grande is four 

 hundred miles from Kelton, on the Central Pacific Railroad. Board 75 cents to 

 $1. A valley surrounded by undulating prairies, and heavily timbered moun- 

 tains. 



PENNSYLVANIA. 



This State, embracing an area of 43,000 square miles, presents 

 a great variety of surface. The eastern and central parts are tra- 

 versed by parallel ranges of the Appalachian Chain which here at- 

 tains a width of two hundred miles. The western sections of the 

 State are broken and hilly. The mountain regions are covered by 

 extensive forest lands which are the abode of much large game, and 

 where are to be found some of the most picturesque trouting streams 

 in the world. The natural attractions of these regions, the numerous 



