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THE 1962 FALL CAMP-OUT 
By ALFRED H. REUSS 
Illinois Beach State Park provided a dramatic setting for our Annual Camp-Out on 
Sept. 8-9, 1962. Saturdey was quite overcast, with rain and wind at about 5:00pm. 
A hardy group of more than 30 campers rode out the rain in tents under the scrub 
oaks. Registration began at noon, with Ted Greer, chairman of the Camp-Out, at 
the desk. By 6:00pm over 80 members and friends had checked in. There was a 
large turn-out from the Perk Ridge and Evanston Bird Clubs. 
An afternoon Bird alk with about 50 hikers followed a sandy route south 
from the Park Lodge to the Noture area, through the Pines, and over to the beach. 
The Lake County Audubon Society provided leaders. Birds were not too plentiful, 
as only six species of warblers were scen in the oaks. Barn Swallows swooped 
over the grassy area west of Dead River. Bluc-winged Teals, Mallards, and Wood 
Ducks flew up as. we approached the river near the wooden bridge. Four Sander] ings 
were seen on the beach. The wild flowers along the way drew much attention-- 
especially the Fringed Gentians, Ledies! Tresses, Showy Goldenrod, and Sky Blue 
Asters. 
The Banquet was held at 6:30pm in the Park Lodge dining room. No matter 
where you sat, you enjoyed a view of Lake Michigan. A tasty roast beef dinner 
was served, At 8:00pm Ted Greer introduced Mr. Harold McArthur, who gave us a 
first-hand "Story of Illinois Beach State Park." He, perhaps more than anyone 
else today, is best qualificd to speak on the subject because he travels through 
end photographs the park almost every day. 
Mr. Mearthur narrated how Father Marquette landcd at the mouth of Dead River 
and walked to Chicago. A nurserymen named Douglas planted Scotch and Austrian 
Pines in the dues south of the river about 100 years ago. When Johns-Mansville 
Go. excavated a canal near the southern boundary of the present park, they drained 
the arca. The natural source of the Dead River is now gone. 4 disastrous fire 
swept through the Pines in April, 1959. Many young pines, junipers, and shrubs 
were destroyed. 
Some of Mr. Mcarthur's idcas (not all endorsed by park officials) are: (1) 
To make a miniature Horicon Marsh in the Nature Area by pbuilding a dam that will 
maintain a constent water level. This would stabilize an extensive marsh for 
nesting water birds. (2) A Park Naturalist should be added to the staff. (3) 
A series of outdoor exhibits should be provided, (4) Greater effort should be 
made to preserve the Nature Area, In discussing the Park, he also stressed a 
number of serious shortcomings; (1) Lack of policing by rangers or guards. (25 
Unsanitary conditions, such as broken glass and garbage, in the beach and nature 
areas, (3) Reinstatement of an admission fee to kecp vandelism at a minimum, 
Mr. McArthur illustrated his talk with two movies on "'Tllinois Beach State 
Park in Color." His pictures vividly showed how the brush fire, fanned by a 
strong wind, swept across the Pinery and the marshes. Dead River was dry at the 
time, and no water was available to fight the fire. "later Birds," reel two, 

