. The Audubon annual bulletin. Birds; Birds. 12 THE AUDUBON BULLETIN Illinois Should Establish Game Preserves I am what some people call a "nut" on the outdoor life proposition, and you can hardly blame a fellow for getting the fever in a place like Carlyle. This picturesque and rather historic little city, of which I have the honor of serving my third consecutive term as Mayor, lies on the west bank of the Kaskaskia river, one of the longest and crookedest streams in the state. As some of the boys say, "You hardly know whether you are going or coming when you navigate ;
. The Audubon annual bulletin. Birds; Birds. 12 THE AUDUBON BULLETIN Illinois Should Establish Game Preserves I am what some people call a "nut" on the outdoor life proposition, and you can hardly blame a fellow for getting the fever in a place like Carlyle. This picturesque and rather historic little city, of which I have the honor of serving my third consecutive term as Mayor, lies on the west bank of the Kaskaskia river, one of the longest and crookedest streams in the state. As some of the boys say, "You hardly know whether you are going or coming when you navigate ; The people cross the river on a suspension bridge built in 1859, or just sixty years ago, and the original wire cables are still in use. When I was a "kid" there was an old watermill just below this bridge, with a wooden dam, with a big floodgate, etc. This was some fishing place. No trouble at all to catch all the crappie we wanted with a dinky pole and line off the floor below the dam. It was great for channel cats, and we also caught many salmon and bass, but we left this part of the game for the high brows of the piscatorial fraternity from Carlyle and abroad. But the mill was destroyed by fire many years ago, and since, the angling game has not been so good. We still have a brush dam, but the water below it is not deep enough to make it attractive for the finny tribe. A block west of the river is the Hunter's Home, a big two story frame building. During the early days this place was conducted by James Baxter, an old Englishman. It was a great resort for wealthy sportsmen of New York, Cincinnati, St. Louis and other big cities. Occasionally they came here from England. The attraction was mainly waterfowl, prairie chicken and turkey hunting. The visitors loved to shoot snipe, and the Sante Fe bottom country south of here seven miles was a great place for this sport. The chickens could be found in abundance within a few miles of Carlyle, ditto the wild turkeys. -.
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