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Sheridan Road News-Letter (1889), 1 Apr 1899, p. 17

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“on mm of land that is hound-don one lid- by the beautiful Rook mm, and on me other by the W, bud hotlomod,Kmhkonong Bio, in the midst of the. rolling '50"!th varied bounty has made Wisconsin human, almost bid- ~don by 1n]! and 'spreadiug eImr‘, all. and'maple trees, stands today the newly erected club house, home of the “Highland Park Rod and Gun Club. .1 m I“ Full; .1 Koshkonong “In UN“). The willow (ringed w r flows very ole-etc the club house, out in- to the-lake. ’ And what a lake it is forthe hunter Iand the fisherman ! Large stretches of its surface are hid- den. by the close growth of wild rice and celery. mam that have attract ed Wild ducks every year by the hundred thousand, as a paradise for feeding. Here is a place known lawns sportsmen as the finest spot in the northwest for hunting the re. newned “canvas beek’ duck. Koehono’ng like is ill miles from Chicago; reached by the Wisconsin division of the C.’ N. W. R. R. The nearest ,eta‘tiou - is Fort Atkinson, eOVen-milee'up the river, from where the club member cu} liud eusy trans- p-rtetiou to their sequestered home, either by launch or by bus line The lake is nine miles 111 width and iii teen long and hunters come from as faraoflh as Minneapolis to enjoy the unexcelled duck shooting. The Well knowufllilack Hawk Gun Club 0’! Hilwaukee has its substantial club house within a few hundred feet of. the Park club. The club house is well built having good bed inoms for those of the members who go in the middle of the summer for the fishing I and each member will have a looker in the basement room where the "boats are also kept, the water reach: 111; the lower part of the building oaths front.- There will be good "wring beds; the members taking their own bedding. The club house » wit/Latte (anemia 11- large and comfor- 'tuhle’ sitting room. Surely the men). _ here have eome good sport ahead of them this year in eueh a hunter’s paradiee. The club membership is limited TEE SHERIDAN ROAD NEWS-LETTER. token” five mum, and there \ , are now twenty four neme- enrolled. Mr. W. B. White is pneident, Mr. 8. F. Knox. vice president and ntlorneyuudlr. D. C. Purdy, set. rotary Ind tmeurer. The other members are; George Healer, W. J. Oboe. C P. Sullivan, Thou. Morton, AT LAKE KOSHKONONG, 0N THE-NORTHWESTERN LINE. Menflwrs nithe Highland Park Gun Club At; They‘App‘earTIn Their C B. Rice‘ Fied Schaefer WNW wd Huber, Julius Zimmer, E Zimmer. Edward Nolan, W. F. Edwards. E; Otzei. F. M. Ingalls, Robert Rosen- berg." H. [. Morris, H. M. Prior, Jdbu Rudolph, John Filmey, and H. B. Clark of Chicago; A. ..B Hula bird and George Iredale of Evanstun. Are odnred via the Nickéi Plate Road: With solid through trains to Nevv York and through sleeping cars to Boston, travelers via this deserved I, popular low rate line are ofi‘e‘red all com'eniences of an exacting trawling publi(_-. When. too. ‘The Lowest Rates East. "War Paint." the quality of the tom.» is uneur gunned. Hodem’dey. coache- und luxurious sleeping can contribute to the comfort 0! pe-eugen. while un- exeelled dining can cater to the tastes of the moat exacting. ‘2 The service of the Nickel Plate Road to New York city ‘ and Boston je pmmgnnfgfifitlfinpqéfid The d mands of the traveling public are met by providing three peerless fast ax. press trains in each direction daily These twins are composed of modem, hrst class day coaches, elegant Vesti~ buled sleeping cars hetw een Chicago, New \ork and Boston and unexcell ed (lining cars. Solid through trains. between Chicago and New Yorkliave” uniformed colored porters in charge of day coaches, whoeie services are placedat the disposal of passengers. If you want to travel comfortably, economically a‘nd safely,” that your ticket is rooted via the Nickel Pinto, Road. . fl

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