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" , I _ outlet but is fed b s e inieft Oli than on the rebuilding and, as! big pond had a reputation, for bot- L I w" -. I C a bog at the northiqsgnugds I"1?1IinI were two.s no way for the funnel-SI tonilessness thyt. kept most M the C . I a" average depth Of iiiir lakeni'.ab l schge] agross the. lake or to the adventurous spirits. on the bank. It E I r I L25 feet but there are sinle: 1:1 0qu m 00], t a council had to buy, was also hemmed-in by “Poms and E I I IV I , unknown depth eSpeciall ties”?H Ia{are 33;! still farther south of the berry bushes to say nothing of the I if" I r northeast come}. y m LI Ante.- IB 38nd was owned by an dense forest and buurushes.NId other F l Last year intense heat dried th an ericon who asked what seemed “"319? weeds grew along its shores I lake 50 yards from its orizi (:1 it enormous sum for it, but linally,' [for some distance out Int0.tlie water. i I I shore line and farmers who {I}?! '8. Iwas bought by the conned and lit was therefore very difficult for 4 I " I in the habit of watering mtg? ',tdl,e:tI,hid built on solid lend; anyone not wanting to get a wetting I I I . ' cattle at its edge dug ditches toI Iin :1 'it) I however, kw} sink-l lor co get mired in the mud and torn a " , get the water from the latte toI [31% 10:8 0:1 15 years, until nowI 'by the thorns, to get out onto the ;Iriin out to where there was sold [of if ex ends tar to the? south :water in comfort. However it is re- i Ifootlng for cattle. 1 l Ia w th ll" the road. Only an, 'corded that its waters were navigated I About 60 years or more a J, Siamese o r tt few yards at each; in the very earliest days. Soon after c there we: a big pond to i/li, I :bsnowawhere ie used to he; i lthe first settlers came to that vicin- Idz-ained at woodmbgk and iiLeiiiii, Dal ouc i? years ago 1.yyieyl, 'ity a number of officials came up the I I [Thorntom who lived near Wood-I joini’rimfhe owned the farm ad“ hewn trail from Woodstock and being . stock. offered "to take the job ofI con nr, d eth alc.e to the cast. Hei, 'in good spirits decided that they 1 I I . " mlmclelivo FP, idea ot ',,'sei'ei,is'li lisut"id sail upon the waters ere they C . -------"ra"--i----t ---- -- 1le'lleff tam met 'ttliar. 33% returned to thdcii' 11101111; They flemma I .. ' )"iztac.--Ct; '-:»-"‘ ed forhalfa aytoui ingarattan {I I disingng the pond if given the fish were drivgn' into the ilake in a finany got it launched with its human I . e pond for his work. By rectangula shape. i number 'ot freight aboard. However when the . . I - ,4 I opening a dam the water was re- dressing rooms were built, a board Iparty got out into the middle of the 2 l I duced to the area of a small pond I walk on cedar posts connected the . pond they were so hilarious that one t V when the dish, mostly pike some at? batlhouse with the shore; 8. dance" Iof their number. who calmed a rifle I yard long, was caught by handi ‘FaVlllon was also erected and a Ilet the shooting iron drop. It bounced t' I I and put in a watering tank of an t1rge stable and a boat house were Ioff the raft and sank to the bottom f I threshing machine. The “catch"; “it up. It was a Coney Island. of the lake and rests there still y? I I was taken to Lakeside and put in: with a sort of raft built on barrels' _ eovdirtg to old residents of t!1e,d.istum l I Crystal Lake, but now however' and anchored with stones and wasi TEi; ft Ive had the'story han te, down t I i, the pike are all gone, supposed to usgd on occasmns as a bandstamLI from a” generation to a110 ttrc , t I have been eaten by carp. This ltr Ulrnmer cottages came, a racel _ I """ ur. r-st-or-dh _ -.- .- ' I Bummer the Government put '/i'iiadl' ‘1”; added. 31151 the East1 , l t I several thousand baby pickerel in Ithe uri ownship 2raur was held. . I . _ ' I I Crystal Lake. I 'm mt annually as. w.ell as the,' _ J Low») I The first original road ran north a or: 91;) If. F. o. picnic. But atterl ve-rs--". I I eel south on the eastern shore of I'ymulm er1 of. years Mr. Daly-.' .Crystal Lake, Edward Bartley" into" 3‘. so d his..parlt and it wentI t owning property through Which! ’used Ill"' until now it IS only'; the road ran. Following some dif-C if Gi fig: . summer by a iihiiii"/ , ferences he forbid the use of [iid ‘old It: uides and Boy Scouts. The _ t ‘ I road through his property and: h . out house and bath house. I closed it to the public. Then th I trve dlsappeared and the race} - I I, r' Township of East Nissouri had te Emma is grt.?.vn up with grasso . 1-1" baud a road; tit "gig w the 5' mo H, my therawhon remains as nXer t F "M I il WH‘ . Md“ 'ttt . _ ' crew’WI ‘ I -ilirir.ich was at“. i" . a in? "iid:: 7 y ttG ' "a c. . I t I 'lltsd1 of t a diluent; Wilma.” 3. V John Si . _ _. side., a my . __.' chi d land at the west” side of “gags taio, purchased a piece a" y' I C' s' "ti",', loke front Burlay Mitchell and): 151,119, Earn; zeiiuiihe le, "ite 5:32;: ".. I I “ _bi,ttt1iglu,Msitpith1 and at the! I pulled! underbrush cleaned out and _ V I ‘h ilt' _ C c property they; established a. new modern resort. . . . ul a toad across bog to the 12th l Directly each of Crystal Lake, ' concession SOUth of the lake. Iabout a half-mile away, lies LT . I . DISAPPEARING ROAD lIittle lake about 20 acres in size. , . When the road . n dry years it goes completely J' the bog the bed. tl", Egg??? dry, becoming treacherous. Many , filling of logs and gravel After cattle have ventured for a mini ',. rr being in use tor 10 or I,'?, years tth in the.symm,ef and been caught in ',rc_'l, a , I bog began to sink and the road its yfyetsaty?r never to oOme out. _ "' I along with it, The council had: Wild ducks are there in great ', ", I more gravel put on but this also; nyybt each Year, as well BS I gradually sank out of sight and: wild geese and other fowl, but so I more gravel was applied but it' treacherous is it that few venture} , ialgo disappeared. . 25a]; xiieiggteoaxgstt Small“ a. sortI I I I I Then when ab y . eop e, -'. - I Iwate‘r Was on toying! tttttsur/ttf, M the north shore of Crystal . council decided to make another ILokc is” situated Lakoside, a ' . attempt. They we to a black- "rro8errr 'gaptltil I-but tew, CN'- . I «In. smith shop an% t Iron rodsl .' _ i 'et, they _ 1Blf? Iq H, the village,, I g I ' I c-as-ata"." T . - ' ' tanqrlsrd will“. use tool; length-l _ I I fi'llk', tlib, T '. , . _ the Sunk“ r, 5 I