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Originally Posted by George M. Purtill
Who owns it now?
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interesting question- It doesn't show up in a search. there seems to have been a great many clubs in the area
http://www.museum.state.il.us/RiverW...t_hunting.html
the 1891 map shows no large holding around the lake
http://www.historicmapworks.com/Map/...1891/Illinois/
there is a Crane Lake Club road on the south side - still a game club there, but the ad references a marsh, and the south shore looks to be uplands topography
and there is a large state game area on the north side, the website for that says it was formed by the purchase of several private duck hunting clubs
https://stateparks.com/sanganois.html
There is a book "The Last Market Hunter" about a guy who once poached the private clubs in the area - wonder if that mentions the club