Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 185, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 August 1918 — FOUNDER OF BURROWS’ CAMP DEAD AT KOUTS [ARTICLE]

FOUNDER OF BURROWS’ CAMP DEAD AT KOUTS

Leonard S. Burrows, founder of Burrows’ Camp at the Kankakee river in Pleasant township, died last night at midnight at his home near Kouts. The deceased was about 60 years old and came to the Kouts district some fifteen years ago. Buying a piece of land along the wooded forests of the Kankakee, he (built a camp which soon became known far and wide and was the rendezvous of trappers, fishermen, politicians, naturalists, and lovers of the wild. ’To the credit of Mr. Burrows is given the honor of discovering the monkeyface owl, which was accorded sucha curiosity by bird men that a specimen is now in the Lincoln Park zoo, with the inscription over its cage, “Native of .Porter county, Indiana.” Surviving Mr. Burrows is a wife and several children. The funeral will ibe held Friday afternoon at 1 o’clock at Burrows’ camp, conducted by Rev. Mr. Downey. Interment will be in Graceland cemetery.