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STEVE HARMON
Hutch Post Contributor
Today's article from the "Throwback Thursday Collection" is part three of the three-part series on the "History of Golf in Hutchinson."
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The sixth course in Hutch was the Carey Lake Course and Golf Club. As the Hutchinson Country Club on 56th was struggling during the Great Depression, Emerson Carey opened a private 18-hole course just west of the Fairlawn Cemetery in 1930. The first photo shows the clubhouse on that course.
In 1932, Emerson and architect Ralph McCarroll opened the Carey Park Municipal Golf Course. The second photo shows that clubhouse and putting green in 1948.
In 1937, the Carey brothers supervised the construction of Prairie Dunes Country Club at 4812 E. 30th. This was done without machinery as not to overly-disturb the natural prairie. The third photo shows some of the 18-mule teams with Fresno Scrapers used to sculpt the course.
The fourth photo shows the original clubhouse at completion.
The fifth photo shows the clubhouse today.
Lastly, in 1972, a group of private investors came together to construct the Paganica/Lakewood/Highlands/Crazy Horse Sports Club & Golf Course north of town on Monroe Street in the newly-designated city of Highlands.
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