Dean, I think you over estimate the popularity of skeet, especially 75 years ago. When I was in the Army at Ft. Campbell, KY I shot International skeet on the post but another skeet range was over two hours away. Then when I got out I looked for a skeet range close to home and I eventually found one that again was two hours away. Trap ranges were a dime a dozen though.
More recently, in 1980 when I moved to my current location, skeet ranges were virtually non existent in my locale. Again, it was all about trap. It has only been in the last 20 years or so that a few skeet ranges have popped up but now they are having trouble keeping up with sporting clays. I'm betting a big chunk of the US, especially in pheasant country, skeet ranges were pretty difficult to find. But it is just a guess based on my limited experience.
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