The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-10-05

NOW LOOKING
TO FLORIDA
THE LONG NEGLECTED. HUNTING
GROUNDS COME INTO PROMI-
NENCE WITH NORTHERNERS-
.OkEFENOkEE SWAMP IDEAL -
HUNTING CAMPS WILL BE ES-
TABLlSHED.

While the possibilities for the en-
joyment of an ideal outing and for the
chance of having the best Of fishing
and hunting have been known to be
had in the Okefenokee swamp, still
there have been but comparatively
few who have made use of this knowl.
edge and have entered into the plan
of spending season there and car.
ried it out to its fullest extent, says
the Jacksonville Times-Union.
The time is now fast approaching
when this area of hundreds of square
miles will be the rendezvous for
sportsmen from all sections of this
broad country and what has been a
wilderness in the heart Of civilization
will become reopened as the Southern
home Of the true sportsman. The in
vading army of sportsmen is being
called together and organized. There
is room it is true for many but the
first corners are going to have their
pick and the choice of the most desir-
able sites for. the location of fishing
and hunting camps
As the winter season draws near
and the man Of wealth and leisure as
we'll as the man of business affairs.
looks forward to his outing, when VIM
ter winds blow and the snow is deep,
then it will be that the army of inva-
sion will be headed for the Okefeno-
kee swamp region and the sport in
getting after the game and the fish,
which are plentiful there, will delight
the heart Of many sportsmen and rod
reel and gun will come into play and
action and expectations will be more
than fulfilled.
The Florida Homeland Company,
which operates the Seaboard-St. Marys
colony, has been active during the
summer months in furnishing accu-
rate data relative to actual conditions
in the Okefenokee region and at the
headquarters in Minneapolis this COM
pany has succeeded with ease to inter,
est a number of prominent men IN
locating in that section during the
winter months. The plans include the
establishment there of number OF
hunting camps which will be of per
manent character as the areas are
large which each individual club will
purchase and maintain. Handsome
and most comfortable hunting lodges
will be built for the accommodation
OF the club members and for the en-
tertainment Of their invited guests.
Coming to Florida.
Among those who have already sig
nifled their intention Of coming and OF
forming the beginning of this colony
of sportsmen are prominent members
of such clubs as the Minneapolis club,
the Commercial club, the Long Mead
ow Gun club, and the Interlachen
Country club.
Capt. Henry Jackson Of Atlanta, who
is perhaps best known as the real dis
coverer of the Okefenokee country,
says that there is no healthier or
more attractive spot in the world than
this property and that all through the
section there is to be had fishing and
hunting that has never had a paral-
lei There is no question as to the
healthfulness Of the region which
abounds with animal life and which is
free from all possible objections.
The Okefenokee swamp. so-called.
is An expense of partially flooded
land lying in southeastern Georgia,
just north of the florida line, and
about forty miles northwest of Jack
sonville 1t has an area of approx
mately 700 square miles, is lis feet
above sea level and empties its waters
into the Atlantic ocean, largely
through the ST. Marys river. 1t is the
last big hunting reserve in the far
Southeast and 1t IS but twenty miles
nv water from the Seaboard-St Mary's